Part I “The Spark” Chapters 1-9 Check Quizzes: Pages 2-6Part II “The Quell” Chapters 10-18 Check Quizzes: Pages 7-10
Part III “The Enemy” Chapters 19-27: Pages 11-15Answer Key For Chapters 1-27: Pages 16-21
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➵Chapters 5-6True/False: Circle whether the statement is true or false. If it is FALSE, you must rewrite the statement to make it TRUE.
1. True - False: Katniss tells Peeta about President Snowʼs threat to kill Gale if she and Peeta do not calm the districts with their love for one another.
3. True - False: Peeta suggests that he proposes to Katniss to try to convince President Snow they are in love.___________________________________________________________________________
9. True - False: District 12 always celebrates the Harvest Festival on the final day of the Victory Tour.____________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 8 introduces some new characters to the story. Match up these new characters with their descriptions. Some of the descriptions can be used for more than one character and each character may have more than one match!
______________ 4. Romulus Thread A. Crewmate of Gale’s
______________ 5. Purnia B. Volunteers to watch kids for Hazelle
______________ 6. Leevy C. Peacekeeper
______________ 7. Bristel D. Tells the group how Gale got caught
______________ 8. Thom E. Replaced Cray
F. Whips Katniss in the face
G. Said Gale’s punishment was sufficient
H. Lives a few houses down from Katniss’s in the SeamChapter 99. What happens to the Hob? ____________________________________________________
10. Who does Haymitch hire as his new housekeeper? ________________________________
11. What does Katniss encounter when she goes to the woods? _________________________
Part II “The Quell”: Chapters 10-121. Who is at Katniss’s cabin by the lake? _____________________________________2. What do they show her to let her know they are on her side? ___________________
➵Catching Fire Check Questions Name: __________________________Part II “The Quell”: Chapters 10-121. Who is at Katniss’s cabin by the lake? _____________________________________
2. What do they show her to let her know they are on her side? ___________________
➵Catching Fire Check Questions Name: __________________________Chapters 13-151. Where does Katniss flee after hearing the news of the Quarter Quell? ____________
5. True - False: The Capitol citizens voted on which dress Katniss would wear for her wedding and President Snow orders her to wear it for the Interviews.
1. Who is in the “watery wedge” with Katniss when the Games begin? ______________
2. In what way did the Gamemakers give some tributes an unfair advantage when they designed the arena?______________________________________________________________________
➵Catching Fire Check Questions Name: __________________________Chapter 271. What happens when Katniss shoots the force field? __________________________
PART I: Chapters 1-2 1. They are leaving for their victory tour.2. Cray is the Head Peacekeeper.3. Cray is different from Darius because: CRAY DARIUS 1. He is older Darius has red hair, is funny & nice, 2. He has silver hair and is Katnissʼs favorite. 3. He is not as nice 4. He drinks a lot
4. President Snow is waiting for Katniss when she comes home.5. Katniss must convince the citizens of the districts that she truly loves Peeta and she was not defying the Capitol. She must also convince President Snow. If she is unable to do this, he will kill Gale.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chapters 3 & 41. Fashion design (Cinna does it & she takes the credit for it.)2. Painting3. Every 25 years - the anniversary of the Hunger Games (25th, 50th, 75th, and so on…)4. Haymitch5. Instead of beginning in district 12 for the tour, they will end in district 12.6. He promised Rue’s and Thresh’s families one month of his & Katniss’s winnings per year for the rest of their lives (which is enough to feed their families all year). 7. An old man stands and gives Rue’s whistle and they give her the District 12 “silent salute” in appreciation and respect for her. (Then the old man is shot--and others are shot...possibly Thresh’s and Rue’s family members.)
2. FALSEWhile District 11 is bigger than District 12, it is nothing like District 12. (Page 67) “This place is not a larger version of District 12. Our fence is unguarded and rarely charged. Our Peacekeepers are unwelcome but less brutal. Our hardships evoke more fatigue than fury. Here in 11, they suffer more acutely and feel more desperation.”
3. FALSEKATNISS suggests that Peeta proposes to her to try to convince President Snow they are in love.
4. TRUE
5. FALSEKatniss feels a sense of RELIEF, that she can stop “acting” (give up the charade/game) and be herself--even if that means acting desperately.
6. FALSEPeeta does NOT make himself sick; The people of the Capitol make themselves sick so they can eat more.
7. TRUE
8. FALSEPeeta begins to sleep in Katniss’s bed to calm her nightmares.
9. TRUE
10. TRUE
11. FALSE KATNISS sees a warning on the television (in Mayor Undersee’s study) about the conditions of District 8.
Chapters 7-9 1. Gale2. She is trying to convince Gale to run off into the woods with her & their families.3. They see Gale being whipped by a new Head Peacekeeper; Katniss interferes and gets whipped in the face.4. C (head Peacekeeper), E, F5. C, G6. B, H7. A, D8. A, D9. Burned to the ground.10. Hazelle11. A Peacekeeper… holding a mockingjay bread wafer.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PART II: Chapters 10-121. Bonnie & Twill2. A mockingjay cracker (or wafer)3. It is turned on--electrified.4. Katniss climbs a tree and jumps over the fence and falls into a snow bank.5. For Katniss’s bridal dress shoot.6. They lack the numbers for a rebellion or uprising: “we’re small, we’re weak, and we don’t develop nuclear weapons.” 7. As a reminder that even the strongest cannot overcome the power of the Capitol, the male and female tributes will be reaped from their existing pool of victors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chapters 13-151. She first tries to go to the woods, but then escapes to one of the empty Victor’s houses, down to the cellar.2. Peeta was begging Haymitch to let him go into the arena (he felt Haymitch owed him that much for trying to save Katniss-not him--the first time around) so that he can PROTECT Katniss & make sure she comes home.3. To keep Peeta alive.4. 485. Maysilee Donner (not Madge--she never wore it in the arena, just at the reaping)6. District 47. Johanna strips off her tree outfit in the elevator and Chaff kisses her on the lips after the Opening Ceremonies.
Chapters 16-181. True2. False: Haymitch suggests District 11 (Chaff and Seeder) and Finnick; OR Katniss wants Mags & District 3.3. False: She writes “Seneca Crane”4. False: They both score 12s5. True6. True7. False: Peeta announces in his interview that theyʼre married & Katniss is pregnant (but they really arenʼt married & sheʼs not really pregnant).8. True9. False: He tells Katniss to “remember who the enemy is.”10. True11. True12. False: The ground was water (not snow).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PART III: Chapter 19 1. Woof (District 8)2. They designed it with water and did not have a swimming station during the training sessions, so those that could swim would have an advantage.3. District 4 (Finnick & Mags) and Katniss.4. Finnick5. He has the flame bracelet that Haymitch was wearing.6. Districts 1 & 2 (Cashmere, Gloss, Enobaria, and Brutus)7. Weapons (just weapons)8. A jungle (thereʼs the water, then the beach, then a jungle)9. He has stopped breathing & his heart has stopped beating.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chapters 20-211. Finnick gives Peeta CPR.2. Because now she canʼt kill him in his sleep; she owes him for saving Peetaʼs life, so how can she kill him? 3. A spile.4. To get water from a tree.5. 126. A deadly fog.7. She walks into the fog willingly to save the others.8. They soak their wounds in the salt water.9. Monkeys10. The morphling woman from district 6; she jumps in front of Peeta & lets the monkey bite her instead of him.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
➵Catching Fire Check Questions Name: __________________________
Chapters 22-231. The morphling woman from district 6.2. Ointment for their itching.3. A loaf of bread from district 4.4. Johanna Mason and Wiress & Beetee (Nuts and Volts) from district 35. A clock.6. Wire.7. Gloss slits her throat while she was cleaning Beeteeʼs wire spool.8. She thinks it must be because he can use his words to move a crowd; he would be a persuasive speaker and the others must see that quality in him, as well.9. Primʼs---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chapters 24-261. Jabberjays--they mimic the sound of your loved ones screams.2. There was an invisible wall preventing them from coming into the wedge.3. Annie is the person who Finnick loves; she was chosen in the reaping, but Mags volunteered for her.4. Twenty-four rolls from district 3; seems to be directed toward Beetee since theyʼre from his district.5. A picture of Prim & her mother on one side and a picture of Gale on the other side.6. They are going to wait until after the Careers are dead.7. A pearl.8. Sauce for the oysters and 24 rolls from district 3.9. Midnight10. Eight11. She hits her over the head and cuts her arm.12. Enobaria is NOT the real enemy (the Capitol is).13. The forcefield becomes her target.14. The arena explodes.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chapter 271. The arena explodes & sheʼs knocked out.2. Plutarch Heavensbee.3. Beetee.4. Finnick and Haymitch.5. Peeta, Johanna, and Enobaria were picked up by the Capitol.6. Galeʼs7. That Prim & her mom are safe, but district 12 has been blown up.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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