The Hunger Games, Chapter 18 quiz

Questions and answers

1. 1

   Question 1. Which of these events happen on the day Rue dies?

   • Katniss sings Rue a lullaby from District 12.

     Happened

     When Rue asks her to sing, Katniss sings a simple lullaby that was made up long ago in the hills of District 12.

   • Rue asks Katniss to carry a token home to her family.

     Didn't happen

     Rue asks Katniss to win and to sing for her, not to carry any token home.

   • Katniss lays wildflowers over Rue's body.

     Happened

     Katniss gathers an armful of wildflowers and decorates Rue's body with them, covering the wound and weaving them into her hair.

   • Katniss pulls the spear out of Rue before leaving.

     Didn't happen

     Katniss leaves the spear in Rue because weapons in bodies are carried off to the hovercraft, and she has no use for a spear.

   • A young mockingjay sings Rue's melody as Katniss walks away.

     Happened

     A young mockingjay lands on a branch in front of Katniss and sings Rue's handful of notes, the ones that mean she is safe.

   Read the passage
2. 2

   Question 2. Why does Katniss leave the spear in Rue's body?

   • Rue had asked her not to touch the wound
   • She wants the cameras to show the wound
   • She worries that pulling it out would set off a trap laid by the Gamemakers
   • Correct answer: Weapons in bodies go to the hovercraft, and she has no use for one

   Katniss knows weapons left in bodies are carried off by the hovercraft, and she has no use for a spear, so the sooner it leaves the arena the better.

   Read the passage
3. 3

   Question 3. What does Katniss do with the District 1 boy's knives and spearheads?

   • Correct answer: She hides them in a pile of rocks
   • She throws them into the stream
   • She buries them beneath Rue's fire
   • She packs them into Rue's own bag

   She conceals them in a pile of rocks so that no other tribute can use them.

   Read the passage
4. 4

   Question 4. How does Katniss know she is heading back toward the stream?

   • She hears Rue's whistle in the trees
   • She follows the sound of running water
   • Correct answer: She finds Rue's third, unlit fire
   • She spots smoke rising from the lake

   After wandering the evening before, she knows she is on course when she comes across the third fire Rue never got to light.

   Read the passage
5. 5

   Question 5. Why does Katniss start up Rue's unlit signal fire and roast her birds there?

   • To warm herself after a night in the trees
   • Correct answer: To draw the Careers to her so she can fight them
   • To send a signal that Peeta might see
   • To make sponsors think Rue is still alive

   She does not care about the smoke; she is waiting for Cato and the Careers so she can make them pay for Rue's death.

   Read the passage
6. 6

   Question 6. How does Katniss decide she can make Rue's loss unforgettable?

   • Correct answer: By winning and so making herself unforgettable
   • By sending her winnings to Rue's family
   • By killing every Career left in the arena
   • By telling Rue's story to the crowd after the Games

   Katniss reasons that she can only make Rue's loss unforgettable by winning, which would make herself unforgettable too.

   Read the passage
7. 7

   Question 7. Which of these events happen in the rest of the chapter?

   • Katniss shoots three grooslings before they can fly off.

     Happened

     Katniss comes across a flock of grooslings perched in the trees and shoots three of them.

   • Thresh arrives at the signal fire while Katniss is cooking.

     Didn't happen

     No one comes to the fire, even though Katniss overcooks the birds hoping someone will show up to shoot.

   • Claudius Templesmith calls the tributes to a feast at the Cornucopia.

     Didn't happen

     Templesmith announces a rule change, not a feast: both tributes from the same district will be declared winners if they are the last two alive.

   • Katniss finishes the last of the bread from District 11.

     Happened

     The morning after Rue's death Katniss finishes off the loaf from District 11 along with the last of the rabbit.

   • Katniss calls out Peeta's name after the announcement.

     Happened

     As soon as the news of the rule change sinks in, Katniss calls out Peeta's name before she can stop herself.

   Read the passage
8. 8

   Question 8. Whom does Katniss guess the Careers might blame for the blown-up supplies?

   • Peeta, who had been with them before
   • A Gamemaker trap gone wrong
   • Correct answer: Thresh, the boy from Rue's district
   • Foxface, who had watched the camp

   Katniss wonders whether the Careers think Thresh did it, since he would seem more likely to avenge Rue as a tribute from her district.

   Read the passage
9. 9

   Question 9. How does Katniss compare killing the District 1 boy with killing an animal?

   • Different only because the cameras were watching
   • Correct answer: Alike in the act, entirely different in the aftermath
   • Harder to do, but easier to forget afterward
   • The same in every way, just as Gale had said

   A bow pulled and an arrow shot are the same, but afterward she thinks of the boy's family weeping and his friends wanting her dead.

   Read the passage
10. 10

    Question 10. What does 'despondency' mean as used in: 'Maybe Haymitch's noticed my despondency'?

    • Careless overconfidence
    • Physical exhaustion from hunger
    • Restless impatience and anger
    • Correct answer: Deep sadness and hopelessness

    Despondency is deep sadness and loss of hope, which fits Katniss's grief after Rue's death.

    Read the passage
11. 11

    Question 11. What does 'inducement' mean as used in: 'as an inducement to gather and fight'?

    • A reward handed out after a victory
    • Correct answer: Something that persuades a person to act
    • A warning to stay well away from a place
    • A punishment for breaking the rules of play

    An inducement is something that persuades someone to act; the Gamemakers use a feast to lure the tributes together.

    Read the passage
12. 12

    Question 12. What does 'impotence' mean as used in: 'I feel my impotence'?

    • Guilt over having hurt someone
    • Fear of being seen as weak by everyone
    • Correct answer: Powerlessness to act or change things
    • Furious anger at someone else

    Impotence means a lack of power; Katniss feels there is no way to take revenge on the Capitol.

    Read the passage