The Hunger Games, Chapter 19 quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. Why does Katniss expect Cato and the girl from District 2 not to come after her during the night?

   • They are busy hunting Thresh across the far side of the arena tonight
   • They have no night-vision glasses left in their camp supplies
   • Correct answer: They avoided her fire by day and will not risk a trap at night
   • They believe she has already left the woods for the lake

   Katniss reasons that if they did not come to her fire in daylight, they will not risk what could be another trap after dark.

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   Question 2. Why does Katniss rule out the lake as Peeta's likely hiding place?

   • Thresh is known to drink there every morning
   • Correct answer: It is too close to the Careers' base camp
   • The water there has been poisoned by the Gamemakers
   • There is no cover anywhere along its banks

   The lake sits right by the Careers' camp, so a wounded boy hiding there would be found quickly.

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   Question 3. What gives Peeta away after Katniss has nearly given up her search?

   • Correct answer: He speaks to her from the bank, then opens his eyes
   • She spots a scrap of his jacket caught on a rock
   • A mockingjay keeps repeating his whispered name
   • He throws a small stone that lands near her feet

   Peeta's hoarse voice calls to her from right under her feet, and only when he opens his blue eyes can she see him in the mud.

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   Question 4. What does Katniss use to draw the infection out of Peeta's leg wound?

   • Mud from the stream bank pressed into the cut
   • Fever pills crushed into a paste
   • Cold stream water poured over the wound for several hours
   • Correct answer: Chewed tracker jacker leaves, applied three times

   She knows the leaves draw out infection; after three applications the swelling goes down.

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   Question 5. Peeta says Haymitch favors Katniss. What is his explanation when she objects?

   • She was the one who volunteered at the reaping
   • Haymitch owes a debt to Katniss's family
   • Correct answer: She and Haymitch are just alike
   • Haymitch likes how she shoots with a bow

   When Katniss says Haymitch can't stand being in the same room with her, Peeta mutters that it is because they are just alike.

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   Question 6. Why does Katniss tear down the blind of vines she builds at the cave entrance?

   • She decides they should keep moving farther downstream
   • Correct answer: Any human would see that hands had built it in a hurry
   • Peeta says it blocks the only fresh air into the cave
   • The vines turn out to be the same poisonous kind as before

   An animal might not question it, but a person would see it was made by hand, so it would draw attention instead of hiding them.

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   Question 7. Which of these events happen in Chapter 19?

   • Katniss lights a smoky fire of green wood as a decoy.

     Happened

     To confuse her enemies, Katniss starts a fire with plenty of green wood before she sets off to track Peeta.

   • Katniss carries Peeta all the way back to her old camp by the lake.

     Didn't happen

     Peeta can barely walk, so Katniss gets him only about fifty yards downstream to a small cave above the stream.

   • A mockingjay mimics Katniss when she calls Peeta's name.

     Happened

     When Katniss calls Peeta's name in a hushed voice, a mockingjay begins to mimic her, so she stops.

   • Peeta eagerly eats the groosling Katniss offers him.

     Didn't happen

     Peeta wrinkles his nose at the groosling and turns away, and Katniss can get him to eat only a few bits of dried apple.

   • Katniss washes Peeta's clothes and spreads them on the boulders to dry.

     Happened

     While Peeta dries in the sun, Katniss washes his shirt and jacket and spreads them over boulders.

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   Question 8. Which of these statements about Peeta's condition in Chapter 19 are true?

   • Cato's sword cut him in his thigh.

     Happened

     Katniss sees the tear Cato's sword made in the fabric over Peeta's thigh and the deep, inflamed gash underneath.

   • Haymitch has already sent him a pot of medicine.

     Didn't happen

     Peeta says Haymitch has sent him nothing so far, and the pot that floats down at the end holds broth, not medicine.

   • He is burning with fever under the mud.

     Happened

     Once the mud is washed away, Katniss notices how hot his skin is and realizes he is burning with fever.

   • He walks to the cave on his own after resting.

     Didn't happen

     Peeta nearly blacks out after about fifty yards, and Katniss has to half-guide, half-carry him up to the cave.

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   Question 9. What does 'jeopardize' mean as used in: "condemning it would jeopardize the success of the Games"?

   • To quietly delay
   • To greatly improve
   • To openly celebrate
   • Correct answer: To put in danger

   To jeopardize is to put at risk; Katniss thinks ending the popular romance would endanger the Games' success.

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    Question 10. What does 'scrupulously' mean as used in: "Today I'll have to be scrupulously careful."?

    • Correct answer: With great attention to every detail
    • In a hurried and nervous way
    • Without any worry at all
    • In a secret and sneaky manner

    Scrupulously means with great care; Katniss knows the Careers may be waiting for her to lead them to Peeta.

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    Question 11. What does 'demeanor' mean as used in: "the calm demeanor my mother assumes"?

    • A medical tool for cleaning wounds
    • Correct answer: A person's outward manner
    • A quiet song sung to patients
    • A rule for treating the sick

    Demeanor is outward manner or behavior; Katniss tries to copy her mother's calm look while treating Peeta.

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