The Hunger Games Chapter 15 Comprehension Questions

1. Who forms an alliance with Katniss?

 

  Rue forms an alliance with Rue, Rue saves Katniss' life many times. Every time Katniss looks or thinks of Rue she imagines Prim.

 

2. How does this alliance benefit both parties?  

 

They each have supplies the other one needs. Rue gives Katniss mint leaves to cure the stings. Katniss gives Rue medicine for her burns. Katniss also gives Rue meat which she not used to eating.

 

3. What are some differences between District 11 and District 12?

 

  District 11 and District 12 are both different . District 11 is agriculture and District 12 is coal mining. Katniss thinks that her District is really strict, but Rue's district is even worse. Even though Disrict 11 is agriculture, they can't eat the food they plant or work with. If they do, they get whipped in front of everybody in the District.District 12's mayor isn't as strict as District 11's.

 

Quotes 

  

1."I enter a nightmare from which I wake repeatedly only to find a greater terror awaiting me. All the things I dread most, all the things I dread for others manifest in such vivid detail I can't believe they're real."  (pg. 195)

 

2."The sweetness spreads through my mouth, down my throat, warming my veins with memories of summer, and my home woods and Gale's presence beside me."  (pg. 196)

 

3."I can almost hear Haymitch groaning as I team up with this wispy child. But I want her. Because she's a survivor, and I trust her, and not admit it? He reminds me of Prim."  (pg. 201)

 

4."Hearing this makes me feel like District 12 is some sort of safe haven. Of course. people keel over from starvation all the time, but I can't imagine the Peacekeepers murdering a simpleminded child."  (pg. 204)

The Hunger Games Chapter 14 Comprehension Questions

1. Who helps Katniss escape from the Careers? How? 

 

Peeta helps Katniss escape from the careers. He distracts them so Katniss can run away.

 

2. What does Haymitch send Katniss? 

 

  Haymitch sends Katniss some healing ointment. She put the ointment on the burn on her leg.

 

3. What does Katniss get from Glimmer's body? Why is this so important to her? 

 

  Katniss gets bows and arrows from Glimmer. She wants to take them away quickly before the hovercraft comes to take her body. They're really important to her because she has a weapon that she knows she's really good with.

 

4. What does Peeta do when he finds her? 

 

  When Peeta finds Katniss, he's mad because she is still there. He tells her to run. Katniss can't believe thet Peeta just saved her life.

 

5. What are the effects of the tracker jacker stings on Katniss? 

 

Katniss is hallucinating, she sees things that are obviously not there. She falls and trips everywhere,and she sees ants crawling all over her body.

 Quotes:

 

1."Darkness has given me a brief reprieve, but by the time the sun rises, the Careers will have formulated a plan to kill me."  (pg. 186)

 

2."The swelling. The pain. The ooze. Watching Glimmer twitching to death on the ground. It's a lot to handle before the sun has even cleared the horizon."  (pg. 191)

 

3."A butterfly balloons to the size of a house then shatters into a million stars. Trees transform to blood and splash down over my boots. Ants begin to crawl out of the blisters on my hands and I can't shake them free."  

(pg. 194)

 

4."Sick and disoriented, I'm able to form only one thought:  Peeta Mellark just saved my life. Then the ants bore into my eyes and I black out." ( pg. 194)

The Hunger Games Chapter 13 Comprehension Questions

1. What new threat does Katniss face?

 

Katniss is now threatened by the Career Makers which Peeta has joined forces with and they are looking for her.

 

2. How do the Gamemakers control the events of the Games? 

 

The Gamemakers change the weather .

 

3. What slows Katniss down?

 Katniss is slowed down by a burn she got from a fir that the Gamemakers created.

4. Who finds her ?

Katniss is found by Rue, the tiny girl from another district. 

The Hunger Games Chapter 12 Comprehension Questions

1. What is Katniss struggling to find?

 

   Katniss is struggling to find water.

2. In what ways is Katniss “playing the game?"

 

 Katniss is trying very hard not to show her emotions..

3. Why doesn’t Haymitch send Katniss water?

 

   Haymitch doesn't send water to Katniss because he is trying to tell her that there is water nearby.

The Hunger Games Chapter 11 Comprehension Questions

1. What is the Cornucopia?

 

The Cornucopia is located in the middle of the arena. It looks like a huge basket that is 20 feet tall! When Katniss and Peeta went to the arena and had to run to get supplies, all the important supplies were near it and the less important was farter away from it.

 

2. How does Katniss make it into the woods? What weapons does she choose? Why?

 
Katniss just grabs a plastic bag and goes for a backpack. A boy goes for the bag at the same time, but then he gets killed when he barely touches it. Katniss finds out that a girl tribut through a knife at his back and then she tries to hit Katniss but she misses. So, as a result, Katniosss runs into the woods with the knife that the girl tried to kill her with.

3. Why is Katniss angry at the tribute who starts the fire? Who is hunting in the pack?

The Hunger Games Chapter 10 Comprehension Questions

1. Why does Peeta reveal his love for Katniss? Do you think he really loves her? Why or why not?

 Peeta reveals his love for Katniss to win the crowd and get attention. Now that he revealed his love for Katniss, the whole Capitol is going to have something to talk about. It'll help to get sponsors. I think Peeta really does like Katniss because he's shown that he really cares for her and  he's asked her about Gale and what's been going on between them. I think he doesn't want to lose her to Gale and he might be jealous of Katniss' and Gale's friendship.

2. What is Peeta’s main concern during the hunger games? 

 Peeta's main concern is that he's worried that the games will change him, he wants to stay true to himself and he doesn't want the games to get to him. He also doesn't want the Capitol to see that the games are changing him because that's what the Capitol has been wanting to see.

3. How does the Capitol view the previous arenas of the hunger games? How many games have there been?

The Capitol views the Hunger Game arenas as historic sites.They never use the same arena again, every game is a new arena.They are popular and they are visited a lot. People can even participate in the reeanactments.  There has been seventy three games and This is the seventy fourth.

4. What do you feel is the purpose of the Hunger Games?

 The purpose of the games is to just show that the Capitol is the highest and the rest of the districts are below it. They want to show everyone that they are the ones with the highest power and most control. They will never be defeated,they love watching people suffer. The games are consequences due to the rebeliion there was.

 

Quotes :

1."'He made you look desireable! And let's face it, ypu can use all the help you can get in that departement. You wer about as romantic as dirt until he said he wanted you.'" (pg.135)

2."And then, because it's Effie and she's apparently required by law to say something awful, she adds " I wouldn't be at all surprised if I finally get promoted to a decent district next year!"(pg. 138)

3. "When the gong sounds, get the hell out of there. You're neither of you up to the blood bath at the Cornucopia. Just clear out, put as much distance s you can between yourselves and the others, and find a source of water," he says." (pg.139)

4."The arenas are historic sites, preserved after the Games. Popular destinations for the Capitol residents to visit, to vacation. Go for a month, rewatch the Games, tour the catacombs, visit the sites where the deaths too place. You can even take part in reenactments." (pg.145)

The Hunger Games Chapter 9 Comprehension Questions

1. Describe Katniss’ interview attire and training? What affect do you think it had on the audience?

Katniss' interview attire was a dress covered with many jewels on it. Her skin was gold and she even has stencil patterns on both her arms. She also got her nails done they had haflame designs on each of her nails. During her training, she had a very difficult time. She and Haymitch couldn't decide how she would act, she can't really act at all period. She didn't really get along with Haymitch, I think they don't get along because they are so much alike, they both have an attitude. Her affect on the audience was really good. She did good because every time she wouyld get stuck or wouldn't know what to say, the host would help her out.

2. How does Haymitch and Cinna ask Katniss to behave?

Haymitch and Cinna both ask Katniss to be her self like if she was talking to old friends. But, Haymitch was kind of being rude about it because he said that he doesn't like how Katniss acts towards him. She starts to get nervous because she doesn't know how she should act to impress the audience and that she might mess up and won't get any sponsors. Cinna tells her that when she going to answer a question to look at him so she can act like herself.

3. What do we discover about Peeta during his interview?

We discover during the Peeta during his interview that he is in love with Katniss. The host asked Peeta if he has a girlfriend and he said no. He asks Peeta if he like someone and he says yes but he doesn't know how to tell this someone because a lot of boys like her. The host tells him that he has to win The Hunger Games so she wouldn't turn him down. Peeta tells him that he thinks that won't happen because she came with him.

  Quotes

1 "I noticed he rejected the invitations from the Career Tributes to join their crowd."(pg.126) 

2"And then they're calling Katniss Everdeen, and I feel myself, as if in a dream, standing and making my way center stage." (pg.127)

3"'Handsome lad like you. There must be some special girl. Come on, what's her name?' says Caesar. Peeta sighs. 'Well, there is this one girl. I've had a crush on her since I can remember. But I'm pretty sure she didn't know I was alive until the reaping.'" (pg.130)  

4 "'She has another fellow?' asks Caeser. 'I don't know, but a lot of boys like her,' says Peeta. 'So, here's what you do. You win, you go home. She can't turn you down then, eh?' says Caesar encouragingly. 'I don't think it's going to work out. Winning . . . won't help in my case, ' says Peeta. 'Why ever not?' says Caesar, mystified. Peeta blushes beet red and stammers out. 'Because . . . because . . . she came here with me. '" (pg.130)