Dystopia
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The Games
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Which District?
100

What mood (emotion) would someone feel, living in a dystopia?

Scared, worried, terrified, afraid, GET-ME-OUTTA HERE!  😨😱😩

100

Who is the female tribute from district 12 and what weapon is she GREAT at using?  BONUS for 200: WHO gave this weapon to her and why?

Katniss Everdeen-- her 🏹 (bow and arrow), given to her by her Dad (RIP 💔) to hunt with so that the family could eat.  

100

The Hunger Games take place annually: once every year.  What is the number of the games this year?

The 74th Hunger Games.  This means they've been doing this for 74 LONG violent years as a way to punish the districts for their uprising against the Capitol.  😱 YIKES

100

Who is (willingly) known in our class as Bread Boy and why???

Why that's Ari, of course!  All because he drew District 9-- known for it's plentiful grain and bread.  🍞🥐🥖

100

Which is the poorest district out of all 12 Panem districts?

District 12 is the poorest.  Also the furthest from the Capitol.  

200

What is the name of the setting in which this dystopia takes place?  BONUS 100 points: What did it USED to be called, before "droughts, fires, hurricanes and tornadoes, and encroaching seas took their toll."  

Panem--> aka North America before "the earth was scarred and desolate, the people terrified and hopeless." 

200

Who is known as "the Baker's boy", the one who showed kindness to Katniss and her family when they were almost near starving?

Peeta Mellark

200

What is the name of the lottery-type ceremony where the male and female tributes are chosen BARBARICALLY at random?  BONUS 200 points: Who is District 12's colorful announcer?

The Reaping-- with Miss Effie Trinket, of course! 🌈

200

Who does Usha scold and give evil eyes to on the daily? 😈

Just about anyone who crosses her...but mostly Ari, Aayush and anyone in her way.  🤣

200

How many districts were there in the beginning of Panem, after their "Dark Days, when they all rebelled against the Government"? BONUS: what happened to one of them...?

There were 13 in the beginning, but, alas district 13 was 'obliterated"...aka 💣💥💣💀👻

300

Dystopia: a place you want to live in or not?  Back up your answer with 2 details from our text.  

NOPE NOPE NOPE! 😱  Kids are forced to fight to the death, the districts are starving, the Capitol is NOT sharing their 💰💲💵, and it's an all-around scary, dangerous kinda place!

300

Who is Katniss's stylist-- the one who just designed a POWERFUL suit that was set afire while she and Peeta entered the arena for The Hunger Games Parade of Tributes?

Cinna.  🔥😎🔥

300

What is the name of the children who are chosen to fight in the Hunger Games? 

A Tribute.

300

Who are our TOP 3 READERS, in our class of smarty pants, who have read the MOST books so far this quarter? BONUS 100: what do you notice is helping them accomplish this?

That's Briana, Zach, and Ethan!!! 🤩🌟🏅

BONUS: Yay for reading a series, you guys! Once you find a great author: stick with them!

300

Which district mines the coal that "keeps our nation running"?

District 12 of course!  ⛏⛏⛏

400

Do the kids have a choice between entering The Reaping or not, in this dystopia?  BONUS for 200 points: what age does The Reaping begin?

NOPE.  No choice.  You're entered, like it or not, the day you turn 12.  😩

400

Who is district 12's one and only past winner, and current mentor" of The Games?  BONUS: what are his MAIN 2 jobs?

Haymitch Abernathy-- 

Job #1:  train the tributes.  Job #2: get them sponsors 🤑💲💰

400

What is the saying of The Capitol during the Hunger Games and who said it in our book at the ceremony?

May the odds be EVER in your favor--said with EXCITEMENT by Effie Trinket!!!

400

What did Mrs. Bosco use to rid our room of the monstrous, probably blood-sucking, fly yesterday?  BONUS for 300 points: whose was it and what title???

Ka'Zira's book, of course!  RIP Mr. Fly but LONG LIVE useful, sturdy weapons, I mean hardcover books, like P.S, I Like You.  💟💌

400

Which district is closest to the Capitol and is know for having VERY STRONG tributes, as well as "luxurious" goods, decorations, and 🤑💲💰?

District 1: Owen's district.  They are WEALTHY so their kids have time and money to train so that they're lethal in The Games.  They're known as "The Careers".
500

What are some signs that "the shining Capitol" of this dystopia is NOT "collecting and redistributing the food and fuel" (from the districts) so that "every district, every family, has what it needs to prosper."

The Capitol people are RICH-- with luxurious lives, plenty of food and nothing to want for.  The districts-- especially those FAR from the Capitol-- are poor, struggling, starving, and sacrificing their kids annually FOR the "entertainment" of the rich.  😠😡

500

What was the title of "the girl Katniss recognized" while they were eating their meal at The Training Center on night #1?  BONUS 300 points: what happened to her and WHY? 

The girl is called an Avox.  She has lost her tongue (LITERALLY) because she was deemed a traitor to The Capitol.  She now silently serves in The Capitol as punishment. 

500

How does one "win" the games?  BONUS: What do they get when they win?

They need to survive until the end, aka outwit, outlive, and outlast all other tributes...even if that means killing them.  💔😖  The winning tribute gets a shiny new home and gets to become a mentor to EVERY tribute thereafter...as in they NEVER get to leave the Games behind.  😿

500

WHY is it important to BOOST our reading/vocabulary skills?  

If we BOOST all of our LITERACY skills then we will be BOSSES in all classes-- since we read and learn new vocabulary in ALL content areas. 🤓

500

Where is there "no numbered district" and yet it is the RICHEST and most wealthy place in all of Panem? 

💎💰💎💲💎

The Capitol, where President Snow lives.  😈🤑