The Hunger Games, Chapter 21 quiz

Questions and answers

1. 1

   Question 1. Which of these happen before Katniss reaches the feast?

   • Katniss counts nine arrows left.

     Happened

     While she prepares, she cleans her weapons and counts nine arrows left in all.

   • Katniss leaves her knife with Peeta for protection.

     Didn't happen

     She decides there is no point leaving the knife with Peeta and tucks it in her own belt.

   • No faces appear in the sky the night before the feast.

     Happened

     She watches the sky hoping for one less opponent, but nobody appears that night.

   • Haymitch sends Katniss a parachute holding warm gloves.

     Didn't happen

     No parachute arrives in this chapter; she warms her stiff hands with Rue's spare socks instead.

   • Katniss cuts holes in Rue's socks to wear them as gloves.

     Happened

     Her hands stiff with cold, she cuts holes in Rue's spare socks for her fingers and thumbs and pulls them on.

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2. 2

   Question 2. What does Katniss do just before she squeezes out of the cave?

   • Correct answer: She kisses Peeta for the watching audience
   • She wakes Peeta to say goodbye
   • She leaves her knife in Peeta's hand
   • She hides Peeta's jacket under the rocks

   Remembering the star-crossed lover routine, she gives the sleeping Peeta a long kiss and imagines the Capitol sighing.

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3. 3

   Question 3. Where does Katniss wait for the feast to begin?

   • High up in a tree at the far edge of the plain
   • Inside the mouth of the Cornucopia
   • Behind the rocks at the camouflaged cave
   • Correct answer: In the underbrush near Rue's old hiding place

   She retraces her path up the stream to Rue's hiding place near the lake and wriggles into the underbrush to wait.

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4. 4

   Question 4. Why does no one chase Foxface after she grabs her backpack?

   • Cato has ordered the Careers to let her escape
   • Correct answer: They will not leave their own packs exposed on the table
   • She vanishes into a cloud of smoke she set off
   • The Gamemakers have forbidden any attacks until all packs are taken

   Foxface took only her own pack, and the others will not abandon theirs, which sit unguarded on the table.

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5. 5

   Question 5. How does Katniss stop the first knife Clove throws?

   • She blocks it with the orange pack
   • She dodges behind the table
   • Correct answer: She deflects it with her bow
   • She catches it by the handle

   The knife comes in on her right side, where she can still hear, so she hears it coming and knocks it away with her bow.

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6. 6

   Question 6. While pinned under Clove, how does Katniss try to make her hesitate?

   • She shouts that Cato has already been killed
   • She yells for Haymitch to send a parachute
   • Correct answer: She screams Peeta's name, claiming he is hunting Cato
   • She calls out to Thresh by name and begs him to save her

   Katniss says Peeta is out hunting Cato and screams his name, and for a moment Clove looks around, wondering if it is true.

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7. 7

   Question 7. What makes Thresh turn on Clove?

   • He has secretly been allied with Katniss
   • He wants the tiny orange backpack and its medicine for himself
   • Clove had wounded him earlier in the Games
   • Correct answer: He hears her speak Rue's name and suspects she killed Rue

   Thresh heard Clove mock Katniss about Rue and demands to know whether Clove killed 'that little girl.'

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8. 8

   Question 8. After Clove's cannon fires, where does Katniss think Cato will go?

   • Correct answer: After Thresh, who has Cato's backpack
   • To the lake to look for Foxface
   • Into the stream to wash away Clove's blood
   • Back to the cave to finish off Peeta

   Thresh carried off the pack holding what Cato desperately needs, so Katniss bets Cato will go after Thresh rather than her.

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9. 9

   Question 9. Which of these happen at the feast?

   • Foxface takes the green pack marked 5.

     Happened

     Foxface darts out of the Cornucopia, snags the green backpack, and speeds off before anyone else moves.

   • Katniss's arrow strikes Clove in the upper arm.

     Happened

     Clove turns just enough to avoid a fatal hit, but Katniss's arrow punctures her upper left arm.

   • Cato wounds Katniss with his spear.

     Didn't happen

     Cato never reaches Katniss at the feast; it is Clove's second knife that gashes her forehead.

   • Thresh carries off both large backpacks.

     Happened

     As Katniss runs for the woods, she sees Thresh and both large backpacks vanishing over the edge of the plain.

   • Katniss takes Clove's knives before she flees.

     Didn't happen

     Katniss takes only her own small orange backpack and runs as soon as Thresh tells her to.

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10. 10

    Question 10. What does 'arduous' mean in: "It's a slow and arduous process"?

    • Dangerous and forbidden
    • Correct answer: Difficult and requiring great effort
    • Quiet and secretive
    • Quick and careless

    Arduous means hard and tiring; hiding the cave with rocks takes Katniss a lot of sweating and shifting.

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    Question 11. What does 'futile' mean in: "he will realize it's futile"?

    • Dangerous to attempt alone
    • Correct answer: Useless, with no chance of success
    • Shameful and best kept hidden
    • Deeply sad and hard to bear

    Futile means useless; Cato will soon see that Clove cannot be saved.

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    Question 12. What does 'assailant' mean in: "in the general direction of my assailant"?

    • A person who watches from a distance
    • A person who is badly wounded
    • A person who helps someone hide
    • Correct answer: A person who attacks someone

    An assailant is an attacker; Katniss fires back toward Clove, who has just cut her with a knife.

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