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The Hunger Games--Close Reading Notes/Vocabulary—Chapters 6-10
CHAPTER 6
Vocabulary:
Adversaries
Maimed
Barbarism
Mandatory
Hovercraft
Surveillance
Split Page Notes:
1. What comment of Effie Trinket’s does Katniss find ironic, and why?
2. What is an Avox?
3. What does Haymitch mean when he says that the handholding between Katniss
and Peeta had been “the perfect touch of rebellion?”
4. Briefly summarize the story of the redheaded girl that Katniss recognizes.
5. What does Katniss wish she could say to the redheaded girl?
CHAPTER 7
Vocabulary:
Amiable
Deluged
Animate
Demean
Arbitrarily
Emaciated
Arrogance
Skewer
Brutality
Surly
Split Page Notes:
1. What does Katniss dream about?
2. What are some indications that Peeta likes Katniss more than she has realized up
to this point?
3. How does Katniss feel about Peeta’s feelings for her?
4. Who are the Career Tributes and what makes them threatening?
5. Why does Rue remind Katniss of her sister, Prim?
6. What shocking thing does Katniss do at the end of her archery demonstration?
CHAPTER 8
Vocabulary:
Arduous
Leniency
Confidant
Menacing
Defiantly
Guffaws
Mischievously Pungent
Irredeemably
Oblivious
Split Page Notes:
1. Why is Katniss crying?
2. Why does Katniss compare her close relationship with Gale to her conflicted
relationship with Peeta?
3. What surprising announcement does Haymitch make at the end of the chapter?
4. What is the significance of this announcement?
CHAPTER 9
Vocabulary:
Agonizing
Aloof
Eccentric
Elusive
Anecdote
Gossamer
Banal
Radiant
Despise
Sullen
Split Page Notes:
1. What is Katniss’s first reaction to Peeta’s decision to be coached separately?
2. Why are the tribute interviews important?
3. Why is Katniss’s coaching session with Haymitch discouraging?
4. What is the girl trying to communicate to Katniss when she touches her lips and
then points to Katniss’s chest?
5. What important advice does Cinna give to Katniss?
6. What final question does Caesar Flickerman ask Katniss?
7. On what dramatic note does the chapter end?
CHAPTER 10
Vocabulary:
Aghast
Assent
Concealment Delectable
Barren
Din
Breached
Eludes
Catacombs
Tawny
Split Page Notes:
1. Why is Katniss so furious with Peeta that she violently shoves him?
2. According to Haymitch, how will Peeta’s confession of love help both Katniss
and Peeta in the Games?
3. What final words of advice does Haymitch give to Katniss and Peeta?
4. Who was Titus, and what happened to him?
5. What happens to each arena after the year’s Hunger Games has ended?
6. What is the final item that Cinna places on Katniss’s outfit?
7. Identify at least two references or similarities to ancient Rome in this chapter.