The Hunger Games, Chapter 4 quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. As Katniss heads back to her room, what sudden realization about Peeta pulls her up short?

   • He has already made a secret deal with Haymitch
   • He is afraid of the Capitol attendants on the train
   • He was sent by the baker to keep a watch on her
   • Correct answer: He is being kind, just as he was with the bread

   Katniss decides Peeta is simply being kind, and a kind Peeta is more dangerous to her than an unkind one.

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   Question 2. What happens to the packet of cookies Katniss throws off the train?

   • It scatters among the coal cars at the station
   • Correct answer: It bursts open in a patch of dandelions
   • It lands in a stream running beside the tracks
   • A Peacekeeper on the platform picks it up

   The cookies burst open among dandelions, which reminds Katniss of the dandelion she saw after Peeta gave her the bread.

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   Question 3. Where did Katniss get the small bow her father had made her?

   • Correct answer: From inside a hollow tree
   • From a stall owner at the Hob
   • From beneath a rock by the fence
   • From under the floor of her house

   On her first trip under the fence alone, Katniss retrieved the bow and arrows from a hollow tree.

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   Question 4. Why does Katniss keep watching her mother even after she begins to recover?

   • Her mother had sided with the Peacekeepers
   • Her mother blamed her for losing the bakery bread
   • Correct answer: She fears her mother will disappear on them again
   • She thinks her mother is hiding food from Prim

   Katniss doesn't trust her mother; she keeps waiting for her to slip away again and puts up a wall to protect herself.

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   Question 5. What does Haymitch tell Peeta to do about the red mark on his jaw?

   • Correct answer: Let it show so the audience thinks he has fought
   • Cover it with makeup before the stylists see it
   • Tell Effie he slipped on the wet floor of the train
   • Ice it at once so it heals before the ceremonies

   Haymitch wants the bruise visible so viewers think Peeta has already mixed it up with another tribute.

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   Question 6. What does Katniss do right after Haymitch punches Peeta?

   • She calls for Effie and the Capitol attendants
   • She knocks the bottle off the table and onto the floor
   • She throws her glass of orange juice in his face
   • Correct answer: She drives her knife into the table beside his hand

   When Haymitch reaches for the spirits, Katniss stabs her knife into the table between his hand and the bottle.

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   Question 7. According to Katniss, what helped the Capitol defeat the districts in the war?

   • The Capitol flooded the tunnels leading under the mountains
   • Correct answer: Rebels scaling the mountains were easy targets from the air
   • The rebels ran short of food during a long, hard winter
   • One of the districts betrayed the rebels' plans to the Capitol

   The mountains guard the Capitol from the east, so rebels who climbed them were easy targets for the Capitol's air forces.

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   Question 8. Why does Peeta wave and smile at the crowd as the train enters the Capitol?

   • Effie told him cameras would be filming the train
   • He wants to hide how frightened he is from Katniss
   • Correct answer: One of the people watching may be rich enough to sponsor him
   • He recognizes a friend of his father's in the crowd

   Peeta shrugs and says one of them may be rich, which shows Katniss he is already trying to win over sponsors.

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   Question 9. Which of these events happen on the train in Chapter 4?

   • Peeta knocks the glass out of Haymitch's hand.

     Happened

     Peeta lashes out at the glass in Haymitch's hand, and it shatters on the floor.

   • Effie Trinket breaks up the fight by slapping Haymitch.

     Didn't happen

     Effie plays no part in the fight; after Haymitch punches Peeta, it is Katniss who drives her knife into the table.

   • Katniss tastes hot chocolate for the first time.

     Happened

     At breakfast Katniss is served a drink she has never seen, and Peeta tells her it is called hot chocolate.

   • Haymitch shows the tributes a map of the arena.

     Didn't happen

     Haymitch shows them no map; when Katniss asks about the Cornucopia, he tells her to take one thing at a time.

   • Katniss throws her knife and it sticks in the wall.

     Happened

     Katniss throws the knife across the dining car, and it lodges in the seam between two panels of the wall.

   • Katniss cries herself to sleep in her room.

     Didn't happen

     Katniss thinks that if she is going to cry, now is the time, but no tears come and the train rocks her to sleep.

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    Question 10. Which of these events happen in Katniss's flashback to the months after her father's death?

    • Katniss and Prim fill a bucket with dandelion greens.

      Happened

      Katniss and Prim fill a bucket with dandelion greens, stems, and flowers gathered inside the fence.

    • Katniss's mother teaches her how to shoot the bow.

      Didn't happen

      Her father made Katniss the small bow and guided her early shots; her mother does not teach her to shoot.

    • Katniss trades game at the Hob.

      Happened

      Katniss trades what her family does not need to eat at the Hob, where people accept her because they respected her father.

    • Peeta goes with Katniss into the woods to hunt.

      Didn't happen

      Katniss goes under the fence alone; it is the first time she has been in the woods without her father.

    • Katniss finds katniss roots growing in a pond.

      Happened

      In late summer Katniss finds the katniss plant growing around a pond and gathers its roots.

    • Her mother makes a stew from a rabbit Katniss shot on her own.

      Happened

      The rabbit Katniss kills on her own stirs her mother, who skins it and makes a stew with the meat and Prim's greens.

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    Question 11. What does 'inexplicable' mean as used in: 'the inexplicable break of a branch'?

    • Caused by a large, heavy animal
    • Loud enough to be heard far away
    • Happening suddenly and without warning
    • Correct answer: Impossible to explain or account for

    Inexplicable means impossible to explain; Katniss can't tell what broke the branch, which is what makes it frightening.

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    Question 12. What does 'incoherent' mean as used in: 'He'll be incoherent by the time we reach the Capitol'?

    • Unwilling to share what he knows
    • Correct answer: Unable to speak or think clearly
    • Too angry to listen to anyone
    • Fast asleep and impossible to wake

    Incoherent means unable to speak or think clearly; Katniss expects Haymitch to be too drunk to make sense.

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    Question 13. What does 'grandeur' mean as used in: 'The cameras haven't lied about its grandeur'?

    • Bright, artificial coloring
    • Crowded and noisy bustle
    • Correct answer: Impressive size and splendor
    • Strict order and control

    Grandeur means impressive size and splendor, which fits the Capitol's towering, glistening buildings.

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