characters
- 16 years old
- Very Independent
- Hunts for her family
Who is Katniss Everdeen?
What is the name of the country where The Hunger Games takes place?
What is Panem?
What event does Katniss volunteer for?
What is The Hunger Games?
What is a "tribute" in the context of The Hunger Games?
What is a person chosen to participate in the games?
Who said, "May the odds be ever in your favor"?
Who is Effie Trinket?
Identify 3 things about Gale Hawthrone.
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What district does Katniss come from?
What is District 12?
Describe what happens and the environment of the Hunger Games
- in an arena
- 24 tributes
- Fight till death
- 1 victor and they live in riches
Explain what tesserae is.
Extra food rations in exchange for additional entries into the reaping.
Who says, "I volunteer as tribute"?
Who is Katniss?
Who is the boy from District 12 who is named the tribute?
Who is Peeta Mellark?
Describe the environment of District 12.
What is a coal mining town? (The Seam)
What does Katniss's relationship with Prim revel about her as a character?
She has a deep love for Prim and wants to protect her.
The districts committed treason, and the Hunger Games is the Capitol's way of getting back at them for their rebellion. What does it mean to commit treason?
Acts of betraying one's country.
What is the significance of the quote, "District 12, where you can starve to death"?
What is it highlights the poverty in Katniss's home district?
The escort for District 12, announces the tributes each year. Overly overjoyed.
Who is Effie Trinket?
What is the Capitol?
What is the wealthy, powerful city in Panem?
How does Katniss feel about the Capitol?
Fearful and resentful
Before Peeta gave Katniss the bread, she had no sustenance. What does sustenance mean?
Food or nourishment needed to survive
Who expresses the idea that "the games are a cruel reminder of power"?
Who is Haymitch Abernathy?
Identify what Prim looks like and 2 things about her as a person.
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Other than District 12, name something another District is know for.
Transportation, Fishing, Cattle, Technology,
Explain how the reaping shows the Capitol's control over the district.
They use people from the districts as entertainment and kill them to show they do not have power.
The Hunger Games is a dystopian society. What does dystopia mean?
A society that suffers and has many injustices.
What does Katniss mean when she says, "I am not a piece in their game"?
What is Katniss's desire for independence and rebellion?