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The Hunger Games
The Glass Castle
The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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Who is with Ben when Doc tells him that he has a terminal illness?
No one; he is by himself.
100
How old is Lakshmi?
13
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What is Gale’s nickname for Katniss?
Catnip
100
What was Jeannette’s first memory that caused her to be hospitalized for six weeks?
She was burned
100
Apart from his family, who is important in Junior’s life?
Rowdy
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Ben chooses not to tell anyone about his illness. In return for keeping his illness confidential, Doc makes Ben agree to a compromise. What does he make Ben agree to do?
Ben must see a shrink at least two times a week
200
What job does Ama believe that stepfather has arranged for Lakshmi?
Maid
200
What is the Hob?
Black market where Gale and Katniss sell their catch.
200
Where do the kids go to finally escape out of their parent’s poverty?
New York City
200
Junior is suspended from his school on the reservation. Why?
He throws his geometry book and it hits the teacher in the face.
300
How is it that Ben and Cody are both seniors when Ben is eleven months older than Cody?
Ben’s parents held him back hoping that he would grow and not look like a midget in Kindergarten
300
Stepfather sells Lakshmi to Auntie. Who does Auntie sell Lakshmi to?
Uncle Husband
300
Why does Katniss keep her bow and arrows hidden?
It is illegal to own or possess weapons.
300
Why did the family have to move out of their grandmother’s house?
The kids attacked Erma because she tried to abuse them
300
Mr. P makes Junior promise that he will never repeat his words to anyone. What does Mr. P tell junior that is so important it should be so secretive?
That Junior needs to leave the reservation forever.
400
Ben never thought that he would live past 20 and has had a repeated dream since grade school. Describe the dream.
A kid in a hospital bed surrounded by doctors, nurses, and family. One of the people standing around the bed is Ben’s brother Cody.
400
What or who is Lakshmi named after?
A goddess
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What is “tesserae”?
Families can enter a child’s name into the reaping in exchange for tesserae which is a year’s supply of oil and grain for one person.
400
How did Rex teach Jeanette to swim?
He threw her over and over into the water until she learned to kick and push with her arms.
400
Roger insults Junior. Junior punches him. Roger walks away. Junior does not understand the unwritten “white” rules. He seeks advice from his grandmother. What does she tell him?
That Roger respects him.
500
Ben is reading a book which “alerts” him that “Lambeer told every lie in the book, and added some whoppers of his own.” Which book is Ben reading?
Lies My Teacher Told Me
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Why doesn’t Lakshmi’s stepfather work?
He says no one will hire a one a one-armed man. His arm is withered. It was broken as a child. He was too poor to receive care.
500
Why do the Hunger Games exist?
They are a yearly reminder of the Dark Days, the uprising of the districts against the Capitol, and their subsequent defeat.
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What is the name of Rex Walls’ invention to help the family find gold?
The Prospector
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What are the unofficial and unwritten Spokane Indian rules of fisticuffs?
If someone insults you, thinks about insulting you, insults your family, thinks about insulting your family, etc. you have to fight them. The first one to cry is the loser. One must always pick a fight with the son/daughter of anyone who works for Indian Affairs Bureau. One must pick a fight with the son/daughter of any white person on the rez.
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