The Hunger Games, Chapter 3 quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. Why does Madge want Katniss to wear her gold pin?

   • Correct answer: Tributes may wear one thing from home in the arena
   • It once belonged to Katniss's father before he died
   • It marks Katniss as the mayor's chosen tribute
   • It will help Katniss win sponsors in the Capitol

   Madge explains that tributes are allowed to wear one thing from their district in the arena, one thing to remind them of home.

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   Question 2. Why does Katniss feel relieved after the baker's visit?

   • He offers to hire Prim to work at the bakery
   • He promises to send food to the train for her
   • Correct answer: Prim is well liked, and that may keep her alive
   • He says Gale will keep bringing game to her family

   The baker promises to make sure Prim is eating, and Katniss reflects that people are genuinely fond of Prim; maybe that fondness will keep her alive.

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   Question 3. What does Katniss cry out to Gale as the Peacekeepers pull them apart?

   • Watch out for Peeta!
   • Correct answer: Don't let them starve!
   • Take care of Madge for me!
   • Keep hunting for me!

   Clinging to his hand, Katniss begs Gale not to let her family starve, and he answers that he won't.

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   Question 4. Why does the arena almost always have wood now, according to Gale?

   • The Capitol needs firelight for its night cameras
   • Sponsors complained that their gifts were wasted
   • Too many tributes survived to the very last day
   • Correct answer: Freezing deaths were too dull for the Capitol

   In the year half the tributes died of cold, the deaths were considered very anticlimactic in the Capitol, so wood is usually provided.

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   Question 5. What surprises Katniss about Peeta at the train station?

   • He waves and smiles brightly at the reporters
   • He tries to refuse to board the train at all
   • Correct answer: He has clearly been crying and doesn't hide it
   • He looks almost bored as the cameras film him

   Peeta has obviously been crying and does not seem to be covering it up, which makes Katniss wonder whether it is a strategy.

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   Question 6. In what region does Katniss's schooling say District 12 lies?

   • Correct answer: Appalachia
   • New England
   • The Ozarks
   • The Rockies

   Katniss learned in school that District 12 was in a region once known as Appalachia, while the Capitol was built in the Rockies.

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   Question 7. Why does Katniss stuff herself at the supper on the train?

   • Effie insists she finish every single course
   • Correct answer: Putting on weight may help her in the Games
   • She wants to save the leftovers for Prim
   • She is trying to impress Peeta and Effie

   Besides never having had food this good, Katniss thinks the best thing she can do before the Games is put on a few pounds.

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   Question 8. How do the commentators react to District 12's reaping?

   • They admire the loud and joyful cheering of its crowd
   • They applaud Haymitch's speech from the stage
   • They praise its tributes as the strongest in years
   • Correct answer: They call it backward, with charming local customs

   Unsure what to make of the silent salute, one commentator says District 12 has always been a bit backward but that local customs can be charming.

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   Question 9. Which of these events actually happen in Chapter 3?

   • Katniss's mother promises she will not leave again.

     Happened

     When Katniss tells her she can't leave again, her mother says she knows and won't.

   • Gale gives Katniss a hunting knife to hide in the arena.

     Didn't happen

     Gale gives her no knife; he tells her a knife should be easy to get but that she must get her hands on a bow.

   • Katniss rides in a car for the first time.

     Happened

     Katniss has never been in a car before the short ride from the Justice Building to the train station.

   • Haymitch eats supper with Katniss and Peeta.

     Didn't happen

     Haymitch misses supper; he staggers in afterward, asks if he missed it, and vomits on the carpet.

   • Katniss wipes her hands on the tablecloth.

     Happened

     Angry at Effie's comment about last year's pair, Katniss eats with her fingers and wipes her hands on the tablecloth.

   • A volunteer takes the place of the District 11 girl.

     Didn't happen

     When volunteers are asked for, no one steps forward to take the District 11 girl's place.

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    Question 10. What does 'insurmountable' mean as used in: 'even when things seem insurmountable'?

    • Correct answer: Impossible to overcome
    • Hard to notice
    • Easy to predict ahead of time
    • Slow to change over time

    Insurmountable means too great to be overcome; Katniss refuses to give up even when the odds look that bad.

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    Question 11. What does 'decrepit' mean as used in: 'the wind whistling through the decrepit buildings around her'?

    • Brightly painted
    • Correct answer: Worn and falling apart
    • Tall and crowded
    • Newly built

    Decrepit means worn out and falling apart; the buildings around the District 11 girl are run-down.

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    Question 12. What does 'enunciate' mean as used in: 'They had lost the ability to enunciate words'?

    • Remember for long
    • Write down
    • Hear from afar
    • Correct answer: Pronounce clearly

    To enunciate is to pronounce words clearly; mockingjays can mimic human sounds and songs but not speak words.

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