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Female Tribute for District 12. She is an excellent hunter and tremendously resourceful
Katniss Everdeen
The Heart of the nation. Extremely wealthy. Everything to excess.
The Capitol
Her mother and her sister Prim
Why is Katniss warry of Peeta's kindness?
She does not understand him and why he would be kind to others. She does not trust his kindness.
What does Haymitch tell Peeta and Katniss to do in the training sessions?
Stick together, don't look too good at anything
Lives in District 12. Hunting partner.
Gale
This District's main industry is the manufacturing of luxury items for the Capitol. It is the wealthiest District. Tributes from this District are often trained for the Hunger Games and volunteer. The tributes for this District are Marvel and Glimmer.
District 1
Why is Katniss' name in the reaping more than once?
At age twelve, your name is entered into the drawing once; at thirteen, it’s entered twice; and so on up until age eighteen. But you can choose to have your name entered again in exchange for a tessera, a year’s supply of grain and oil for one person. Poor people often need tesserae to survive, so the children of the poor end up having their names entered numerous times. Katniss, who is sixteen, will have her name in twenty times.
At breakfast on the train, what does Katniss do that impresses Haymitch?
She stabs a knife into the table between his fingers and throws a knife at the wall.
What does Katniss do in her private session with the Gamemakers?
She selects a bow from the weapons available, but it’s different than her bow at home and takes some practice before she can use it accurately. She takes a few difficult shots to impress the Gamemakers, but notices that most of them are focused on a roasted pig that’s just arrived at their table. She becomes furious, knowing her life is at stake in the Games, and fires an arrow straight toward the Gamemakers that skewers that apple in the pig’s mouth. Then she walks out.
Son of the baker in District 12. Male Tribute in the Hunger Games.
Peeta Mellark
This District's main industry is coal. The poorest district.
District 12
Why do the Hunger Games exist?
Struck by droughts, storms, rising seas, and other natural problems, North America essentially dissolved, and the country of Panem rose up in its place. Panem was formed of a Capitol and thirteen districts, but the districts eventually rebelled. The Capitol defeated the districts, with the thirteenth being so badly destroyed that it ceased to exist. To punish the districts and remind them of their powerlessness, the Capitol holds the Hunger Games, in which a male and female “tribute” between twelve and eighteen from each district must fight to the death in a large outdoor arena. The tribute that survives wins, and that tribute’s district receives extra food.
What are the names of Katniss and Peeta's stylists in the Hunger Games?
Cinna and Portia
What score does Katniss get from the Gamemakers from her training session?
11
Television host who interviews Tributes before the Hunger Games.
Caesar Flickerman
This District's main industry is agriculture. The tributes from this District are Rue and Thresh.
District 11
She volunteers in place of her sister Prim.
She is taken onto the stage where they draw the name of the male tribute. She is then taken into the Justice Building. Her family comes to say good bye. She is then taken to a train that will transport her to The Capitol.
Why can't tributes jump off the roof of the Training Centre?
Why would a tribute want to jump off the roof of the Training Centre?
There is an electric field around the edge to catch anyone who would try to jump.
To protest the games, to have control over their death, to avoid the Games.
Who is the small girl from District 11 who follows Katniss in the training centre?
Rue
The president of Panem.
President Snow
Which of the Districts are known as Career Districts?
Hint: There are 3
Districts 1, 2, and 4
Who is Haymitch? Why is he important to the story?
He is District 12's only surviving winner of the Hunger Games. As he is the only surviving victor from District 12 he must work as a coach to the tributes from District 12 in the Hunger Games.
How does Katniss know the redheaded Avox?
Katniss says she and Gale were hunting in the woods one day when they saw a ragged-looking girl and boy running in terror. A hovercraft appeared and captured the girl in a net. It hauled her up instantly, then shot the boy through with a spear that had a cable attached and hauled his body up too. Then it disappeared. Katniss says for a moment, before the girl was taken, she locked eyes with her, but Katniss did nothing.
What does Peeta reveal in his interview before the Games that shocks and angers Katniss?
That he loves her