The Hunger Games, Chapter 12 quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. When does the Career pack, with Peeta, set off at a run?

   • Correct answer: Just as dawn begins to break
   • At midday, under a high sun
   • Late in the evening, after a storm
   • Right after the anthem plays at night

   The Careers leave just as dawn breaks and birdsong fills the air, while Katniss stays hidden in her tree.

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2. 2

   Question 2. Why does Katniss want a fire before eating the rabbit?

   • Cooked meat will keep longer in her pack
   • Correct answer: Raw rabbit can give you rabbit fever
   • The cameras show only cooked meals to sponsors
   • Smoke will scare the Careers far away

   She learned the hard way that eating raw rabbit can give you rabbit fever, so she cooks it over the dead tribute's coals.

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   Question 3. Why is Katniss glad the cameras are on her while the rabbit cooks?

   • She hopes Gale will notice her snares and admire her skill
   • She wants the Careers to see the smoke and go the wrong way
   • She hopes the Gamemakers will reward her with a new pack
   • Correct answer: She wants sponsors to see she can hunt and won't be lured by hunger

   She thinks sponsors will see her as a good bet because she won't fall into traps as easily as hungry tributes.

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4. 4

   Question 4. What does Katniss first use to darken her bright orange pack?

   • Mud scooped from the edge of the lake
   • Juice from the bloodred berries she found
   • Correct answer: Ground-up bits of a charred branch
   • Ash from her own small cooking fire

   She grinds a charred branch from the dead girl's fire to tone down the orange, and wishes she had mud to finish the job.

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   Question 5. What happens when Katniss puts on her sunglasses?

   • They help her spot a patch of green
   • The lenses crack in the burning heat
   • Correct answer: They do something funny to her vision
   • A Career spots the glint from far away

   The glasses do something odd to her vision, so she stuffs them back into her pack.

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   Question 6. Which way of getting water does Katniss reject because there is not a cloud in the sky?

   • Following the Careers to their supplies
   • Refilling at the lake
   • Asking Haymitch for a silver parachute
   • Correct answer: Hoping that rain will fall

   She lists her options: the lake is too far, rain is unlikely with a clear sky, so she must keep looking.

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   Question 7. Why does Katniss wonder if Peeta is keeping her bow skill a secret from the Careers?

   • He may have forgotten that he ever saw her shoot
   • Correct answer: He may be saving it because it keeps him alive
   • He may plan to tell the Gamemakers about it instead
   • He may fear the Careers would use it against District 12

   She asks herself whether he is holding that information back because he knows it is all that keeps him alive.

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   Question 8. Which of these events actually happen in the first part of Chapter 12?

   • Peeta tells the Careers that Katniss is skilled with a bow.

     Didn't happen

     Katniss notes that Peeta has not yet told the Careers she can use a bow.

   • A hovercraft lifts the dead girl away from her camp.

     Happened

     After the cannon, a hovercraft appears above the dying campfire and lifts the dead girl away.

   • Katniss hides the rabbit's head and skin under a pile of leaves.

     Happened

     After gutting the rabbit, she leaves the head, feet, tail, skin, and innards under a pile of leaves.

   • Katniss follows the Careers' trail to keep an eye on Peeta.

     Didn't happen

     Katniss sets off in the opposite direction from the one the Careers took.

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   Question 9. Which of these events actually happen after Katniss begins to suffer from thirst?

   • Katniss says "Water" out loud, and a parachute drops down to her.

     Didn't happen

     Katniss asks aloud for water, but no parachute comes down from the sky.

   • Katniss eats one of her precious crackers after drinking.

     Happened

     After drinking from the pond, she sips water, eats rabbit, and has one of her precious crackers in a tree.

   • Katniss catches several small fish from the pond that evening.

     Didn't happen

     She only plans to catch the little fish she saw in the pond the next day.

   • No tribute's face appears in the sky on the night she finds water.

     Happened

     When the anthem plays that night there are no faces, because no tribute died that day.

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    Question 10. What does 'imprudent' mean as used in: "Maybe it's imprudent to check them with the others so close."

    • Correct answer: Unwise and careless about risk
    • Impossible to do in the dark
    • Generous toward other tributes
    • Quiet and hard to notice

    Imprudent means unwise. Checking snares with the Careers nearby is a risk, but Katniss's hunting habits win.

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    Question 11. What does 'scarcity' mean as used in: "With the scarcity of water, they may even have had to return to the lake for refills."

    • The depth of something
    • The cost of something
    • The taste of something
    • Correct answer: A shortage of something

    Scarcity means a shortage. Water is so hard to find that even the Careers may need to go back to the lake.

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    Question 12. What does 'bewilderment' mean as used in: "I look around in bewilderment."

    • Calm, quiet relief
    • Deep, steady sleep
    • Correct answer: Complete confusion
    • Fierce, sudden anger

    Bewilderment means confusion. Katniss has just been shaken awake by running feet and does not yet know why.

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