The Hunger Games, Chapter 24 quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. What food does Katniss cook over the fire Peeta builds after Foxface's death?

   • Correct answer: Rabbits, a squirrel and roots baked in leaves
   • Fish from the stream and some wild onions
   • Bread from a parachute and strips of dried beef
   • A groosling and a handful of wild greens

   Katniss roasts the rabbits and squirrel and bakes the roots, wrapped in leaves, in the coals while they keep watch for Cato.

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   Question 2. Why does Peeta ask to go back to the cave instead of camping in a tree?

   • He believes Cato is hiding in the woods above the stream
   • He wants to search for food Foxface may have hidden there
   • Correct answer: He can't climb well with his leg and can't sleep up high
   • He thinks the trees near their fire hold tracker jacker nests

   Peeta says he can't climb like Katniss, especially with his leg, and doubts he could fall asleep fifty feet above the ground; the cave is also near water and easy to defend.

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   Question 3. Why does Katniss let Peeta sleep long past their usual switch?

   • She is waiting to see the faces in the sky
   • Correct answer: She is tired, but her mind is too alert for sleep
   • She wants to hunt alone in the woods before dawn
   • She is afraid Peeta will wander off again

   Despite the fatigue in her body, Katniss's mind stays alert, so she keeps watch until a soft gray day has begun.

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   Question 4. How do Katniss and Peeta confirm that the Gamemakers are driving them to the lake?

   • A wall of fire breaks out in the woods behind the cave
   • A parachute from Haymitch drops a map of the lake to them
   • They find smoke rising from a fire near the Cornucopia
   • Correct answer: The stream is dry, and the pond they check is empty too

   The stream has been drained while they slept, and the pond where Katniss soaked her leg is now a dusty hole, leaving the lake as their only water.

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   Question 5. As they set off for the lake, how many tributes does Katniss say are dead?

   • Correct answer: Twenty-one
   • Nineteen
   • Twenty-two
   • Twenty

   Katniss notes that twenty-one tributes are dead but she has yet to kill Cato, so only she, Peeta and Cato remain.

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   Question 6. Why do Katniss and Peeta circle the Cornucopia when they reach the plain?

   • To check for mines still buried around it
   • To find a parachute Haymitch promised them
   • Correct answer: To make sure Cato isn't hiding inside it
   • To look for supplies the Careers left behind

   Katniss worries Cato might pull a Foxface on them by hiding, so they circle it to be sure it is empty before going to the lake.

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   Question 7. Why doesn't Katniss want to fight Cato after dark?

   • Peeta's injured leg makes him slow on rough ground
   • Correct answer: They share only one pair of glasses for seeing at night
   • The edge of the lake turns muddy and slick after sunset
   • The anthem at night would reveal where they are waiting

   Katniss frowns at the setting sun because there is only the one pair of glasses, so only one of them could see well in the dark.

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   Question 8. What tells Katniss that Cato is not charging at them to attack?

   • He stops at the edge of the trees and turns back
   • He shouts a warning to them and waves his arms
   • He drops his spear and raises his hands in surrender
   • Correct answer: He runs right between them without trying to slow down

   Cato's hands are empty and he rockets between them; his panting and purplish face show he has been running from something for a long time.

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   Question 9. Which of these events actually happen in Chapter 24?

   • Katniss fills a leather pouch with nightlock berries and ties it to her belt.

     Happened

     Katniss fills the leather pouch that belonged to the boy from District 1 with a few handfuls of the berries and secures it to her belt, hoping they might fool Cato.

   • Peeta throws every last berry into the woods before Katniss can stop him.

     Didn't happen

     Katniss stops Peeta before he can toss the berries into the woods and saves a few handfuls of them in a pouch.

   • Katniss kisses Peeta's forehead while he sleeps in the cave.

     Happened

     After Peeta falls asleep in the cave, Katniss pulls the sleeping bag up to his chin and kisses his forehead, not for the audience but for herself.

   • Haymitch sends a parachute with water after the stream dries up.

     Didn't happen

     No parachute arrives in this chapter; when the stream and the pond turn out to be dry, Katniss and Peeta decide to go to the lake for water.

   • The remains of the tracker jacker nest crumble to dust when Katniss touches them.

     Happened

     Resting under the tree where the Careers trapped her, Katniss touches the husk of the nest with the tip of her boot and it dissolves into dust.

   • Katniss's first arrow wounds Cato in the shoulder.

     Didn't happen

     Katniss's first arrow hits Cato in the chest and falls aside, and she shouts to Peeta that he has some kind of body armor.

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    Question 10. What does 'unhinged' mean as used in: 'he was completely unhinged'?

    • Correct answer: Mentally unbalanced and wildly out of control
    • Badly hurt and unable to move quickly
    • Quietly sad about losing his allies
    • Calm and in full control of himself

    Katniss uses unhinged for Cato's wild reaction to the destroyed supplies, which makes her wonder whether he is entirely sane.

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    Question 11. What does 'deplete' mean as used in: 'it won't take long to deplete them'?

    • To refill or top up a supply
    • To spill or waste something by accident
    • Correct answer: To use up a supply until little is left
    • To hide a supply from someone else

    With two people drinking in the hot sun, their bottles will soon be used up, which is why the drained stream is so dangerous.

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    Question 12. What does 'mesmerized' mean as used in: 'mesmerized by the beauty of the song'?

    • Confused by sounds she can't place
    • Correct answer: Held spellbound, as if hypnotized
    • Bored by something heard many times
    • Frightened by a sudden loud noise

    Katniss closes her eyes and listens, completely caught up in the mockingjays' harmony until the music is disrupted.

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