The Hunger Games, Chapter 14 quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. What size does Katniss compare the nest to when she first makes it out?

   • A melon
   • A small dog
   • A football
   • Correct answer: A raccoon

   She says it looks about the size of a raccoon, hanging from the bottom of a branch.

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   Question 2. Why does Katniss think the humming from the nest is oddly quiet?

   • The nest has been empty for years
   • Correct answer: The smoke from the fire sedated them
   • The Gamemakers have calmed the swarm
   • The cold night air has slowed them

   She guesses the smoke has sedated the wasps, the one defense the rebels found against them.

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   Question 3. Why does Katniss wait for the anthem to start sawing?

   • Correct answer: Its music will cover the noise of sawing
   • The wasps fall silent when it plays
   • The cameras look away from her then
   • The Careers always nap while it plays

   She reasons that the blaring anthem is her best chance to saw without drawing the Careers' notice.

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   Question 4. Where does Katniss go right after the swarm, in case wasps are still following her?

   • To the pile at the Cornucopia
   • To the tree where Rue hid
   • Correct answer: To her own little pool
   • To the lake with the Careers

   She runs away from the lake and submerges herself in her own pool for about five minutes.

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   Question 5. When Katniss first sees the hovercraft, what does she think it has come for?

   • A sponsor gift
   • Peeta's rescue
   • The bow and arrows
   • Correct answer: Glimmer's body

   She assumes it is for Glimmer, then sees it lift the girl from District 4 instead.

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   Question 6. Why does Katniss go back to Glimmer's body even though the venom is making her wobbly?

   • She wants to see if Glimmer is still alive
   • She hopes to find food in Glimmer's pack
   • Correct answer: A hovercraft will soon take the bow away for good
   • She means to hide the body from the Careers

   Once the cannon fires, the hovercraft will collect the body along with the only bow and arrows she has seen.

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   Question 7. What makes the arrows hard for Katniss to reach?

   • They are stuck in a tree trunk
   • Correct answer: The sheath is pinned under Glimmer's back
   • The Careers carried them to the lake
   • They fell into a pit full of wasps

   The sheath of arrows is pinned under Glimmer's back, and Katniss has to force the body over to free it.

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   Question 8. What does Katniss expect when Peeta crashes through the trees with his spear?

   • Correct answer: She waits for him to strike her
   • She thinks he has come to warn her
   • She thinks he is fleeing the wasps
   • She thinks he wants to join her

   She says she waits for the blow, so his dropped arm and warning make no sense to her at first.

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   Question 9. Which of these events happen before the nest falls?

   • Katniss receives a pot of burn medicine on a silver parachute.

     Happened

     After the anthem Katniss finds a small pot of burn medicine on a silver parachute, her first gift from a sponsor.

   • Rue climbs over to help Katniss saw the branch.

     Didn't happen

     Rue only points at the nest again and nods at Katniss's sawing motion, then leaps away from tree to tree.

   • Glimmer is asleep against the trunk, though Katniss guesses she was on guard.

     Happened

     At dawn Katniss sees Glimmer leaning asleep against the trunk and guesses that fatigue overcame her on guard.

   • Katniss finishes sawing through the branch during the anthem.

     Didn't happen

     The anthem ends when she is only three quarters of the way through the wood, so she waits until dawn to finish.

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    Question 10. Which of these events happen after the nest falls?

    • Tracker jackers sting Katniss on the cheek and the neck.

      Happened

      Once the nest bursts open, a second sting hits her cheek and a third her neck.

    • Cato is killed by the tracker jacker swarm.

      Didn't happen

      Cato is not killed; he comes through the brush behind Peeta, sparkling wet and stung under one eye.

    • Peeta has a sting under his ear when he finds Katniss.

      Happened

      Katniss sees a trickle of water dripping off a sting under Peeta's ear.

    • Katniss shoots an arrow at Cato as she runs away.

      Didn't happen

      She sees three bowstrings instead of one and cannot shoot, so she runs when Peeta tells her to.

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    Question 11. What does 'reprieve' mean as used in: 'Darkness has given me a brief reprieve'?

    • A hiding place in the dark
    • Correct answer: A short break from danger
    • A painful memory of home
    • A sharp, sudden warning

    A reprieve is a temporary relief; the night briefly protects Katniss before the Careers can act.

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    Question 12. What does 'astronomical' mean as used in: 'The cost of this medicine must be astronomical.'?

    • Correct answer: Extremely high
    • Related to the stars
    • Hard to measure
    • Paid for in secret

    Astronomical means enormous; Katniss thinks many sponsors must have pooled money for the pot.

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    Question 13. What does 'befuddled' mean as used in: 'Somewhere in my befuddled mind one thought connects to another'?

    • Calm and focused
    • Tired and hungry
    • Correct answer: Confused and unclear
    • Angry and determined

    Befuddled means confused; the venom is clouding Katniss's thinking.

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