Locations
What is District 12?
A coal mining community in Panem where Katniss lives
Who is the main character in The Hunger Games?
Katniss Everdeen
‘“I volunteer!” I gasp. “I volunteer as tribute!”’
Katniss when she volunteers to be in the hunger games instead of her sister, Prim
She has to fend for her family in order to survive in district 12
Katniss
What is the significance of a bow and arrow?
Katniss uses a bow and arrow in the woods to get food for her family, and it is her greatest strength in The Hunger Games
internal organs collectively
entrails
What was the name of the land before Panem came into existence?
North America
Who wrote The Hunger Games?
Suzanne Collins
“__________ blushes beet red and stammers out. ‘Because. . . because . . . she came here with me.”
Peeta when he is in his interview and tells everybody that he is in love with Katniss
She fell into a depression after her husband died and was unable to take care of her two children.
Mrs. Everdeen
He is the District 12 mentor.
Haymitch
showing no care or concern in attitude or action
indifferent
What is Panem?
The country where Katniss lives
How many books are in The Hunger Games series?
“‘Will you wear this?’ She holds out the circular gold pin that was on her dress earlier. I hadn’t paid much attention to it before, but now I see it’s a small bird in flight.”
Madge Undersee when she gives Katniss a pin before Katniss leaves for The Hunger Games
What role does Effie play in the reaping?
She draws the names of tributes
What is the name of Katniss' cat?
Buttercup
a health professional who prepares and dispenses drugs
apothecary
What is the Seam?
The edge of District Twelve's boundary where poorer people live like Katniss and Gale's family
What type / genre of novel is The Hunger Games?
dystopian
“My legs, arms, torso, underarms, and parts of my eyebrows have been stripped of the stuff, leaving me like a plucked bird, ready for roasting.”
Katniss, she is getting ready for her stylists
What item did Peeta once take a beating from his mother to give to Katniss, leaving her indebted to him?
Bread
What does Haymitch instruct Peeta and Katniss to do as they enter the interview area?
Act like a happy couple
varying in color when seen in different lights
iridescent
What is the hob?
The illegal black market in District 12
The Hunger games is written from the _________ person perspective.
First person perspective
"Why don't you just be yourself? … No one can help but admire your spirit."
Cinna before Katniss begins her interview
He interviews the tributes before the Games and the Victor(s) after the Games.
Caesar
What is a tesserae?
Adding one's name additional times to the reaping in exchange for oil and grain.
showing scarcely suppressed anger
smoldering
What is district 10's industry?
Livestock
In Part 1, Chapter 8, what is Katniss's reaction to her own actions during the individual demonstrations for the Gamemakers?
She thinks she might be turned into an Avox
Who said "Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favor"?
Effie Trinket
Someone punished for committing a crime; lost her voice.
Who is Avox?
How many entries did Primrose have in the Hunger Games lottery?
1
brief and to the point
terse
What is District 6's industry?
Transportation
How did Katniss' father die?
Mining explosion
"Well, if you put enough pressure on coal it turns to pearls."
Who is Effie Trinket?
Who is Katniss' stylist?
Cinna
Who is beautiful as a rose?
Prim
extremely painful or unpleasant
torturous
Where is the Capitol located?
Colorado
What is Katniss's main weapon?
A bow and arrow
“Yes, and I’m sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people.”
Peeta
Who is the ruler of Panem?
President Snow
What score did Katniss and Peeta get in training?
Katniss got 11 Peeta got 8
a source of food or nourishment
sustenance
Which poor district is full of grain and cotton, but the people ironically suffer from malnourishment?
District 11
How many contestants are in the hunger games?
24, 2 from each district
“It’s lovely. If only you could frost someone to death.”
Katniss to Peeta
What does Haymitch complain about in Part 1, Chapter 9 as he attempts to prepare Katniss for the interview?
She is hostile and will not reveal anything about herself
What compliment does Peeta pay Katniss that confuses her in Part 1, Chapter 7?
She is unaware of the effect she has on people
thin and tattered with age
threadbare
Why is District 1 the favored and most elite district?
District 1 produced diamonds and all the luxury goods for the Capitol.
What was the special meaning behind Katniss name?
She was named after a plant that her father found while hunting.
“Katniss, the girl who was on fire!”
Cinna
What is nightlock?
A wild plant that has poisonous berries
What happens when a hovercraft comes to pick up the dead body?
The birds fall silent.
any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients
concoction