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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
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
What is Panem?
The country where Katniss lives
How many books are in The Hunger Games series?
3
“‘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
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 nickname does Gale use with Katniss?
Catnip
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.