BY SUZANNE COLLINS
STUDENT SURVIVAL GUIDE
ONLY THE STRONG CAN SURVIVE...
CAN YOU SURVIVE THIS UNIT ON YOUR OWN?
This survival guide will help you along the way. But you must
complete the challenges and always remember to bring your
survival guide,
or YOU will be one of the casualties in the...
Name: ____________________ #________
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VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
DAY 1
WRITE THE PART OF SPEECH AND MATCHING DICTIONARY DEFINITION
FOR EACH WORD .
Utopia
Dystopia
Chap. 1
apothecary p. 8
preposterous p. 9
reaping p. 10
tesserae p. 13
repentance p. 19
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SYMBOL
How it appears in the novel
SYMBOLISM
DAY 1
What it represents
Chap. 1
the woods
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DAY 1
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapter 1, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. Why is District 12 surrounded by fences?
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2. How is Katniss' mother different from other residents of the Seam?
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3. Why don't Gale and Katniss run away and live in the woods?
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4. Describe the Reaping system. How is it unfair?
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5. How many Reaping entries will Katniss have in her 16th year? Why?
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6. What are the Hunger Games?
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VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
DAY 2
WRITE THE PART OF SPEECH AND MATCHING DICTIONARY DEFINITION
FOR EACH WORD .
Chap. 2
synonymous p. 22
dissent p. 24
tenuous p. 25
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SYMBOL
How it appears in the novel
SYMBOLISM
DAY 2
What it represents
Chap. 2
bread
(Peeta’s bread)
the “silent
salute”
dandelion
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DAY 2
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapter 2, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. How does Katniss save Prim from the Reaping?
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2. How did Kat's mother react to her husband's death? How does this affect Katniss?
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3. Describe Kat's only previous encounter with Peeta Mellark.
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VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
DAY 3
WRITE THE PART OF SPEECH AND MATCHING DICTIONARY DEFINITION
FOR EACH WORD .
Chap. 3
insurmountable
p. 36
demeanor p. 45
disgruntled p. 45
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SYMBOL
How it appears in the novel
SYMBOLISM
DAY 3
What it represents
Chap. 3
mockingjay
moockingjay pin
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DAY 3
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapter 3, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. How does Kat feel about her chances of winning? Why?
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2. Who visits Katniss and what gifts do they bring her?
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3. What is a mockingjay?
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4. What role will Haymitch play in the Games?
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VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
DAY 4
WRITE THE PART OF SPEECH AND MATCHING DICTIONARY DEFINITION
FOR EACH WORD .
Chap. 4
pondering p. 49
cornucopia p. 58
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SYMBOL
SYMBOLISM
How it appears in the novel
DAY 4
What it represents
Chap. 4
katniss (from
arrowhead plant)
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DAY 4
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapter 4, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. Why does Kat decide to stay away from Peeta as much as possible?
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2. How do Peeta and Katniss gain Haymitch's support?
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VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
DAY 5
WRITE THE PART OF SPEECH AND MATCHING DICTIONARY DEFINITION
FOR EACH WORD .
Chap. 5
affectations p. 63
Chap. 6
adversaries p. 79
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DAY 5
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapters 5-6, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full
sentences and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. What is surprising about Cinna, Kat’s stylist?
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2. Create a bubble map and describe Kat’s costume with at least eight adjectives and / or pictures.
3. Why do Kay and Peeta decide to talk on the roof?
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VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
DAY 6
WRITE THE PART OF SPEECH AND MATCHING DICTIONARY DEFINITION
FOR EACH WORD .
Chap. 7
deluged p. 86
oblivious p. 93
surly p. 99
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DAY 6
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapter 7, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. What is Haymitch’s training strategy for Katniss and Peeta?
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2. What are “Career Tributes”?
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3. How does Kat make a unique impression on the Gamemakers?
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VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
DAY 7
WRITE THE PART OF SPEECH AND MATCHING DICTIONARY DEFINITION
FOR EACH WORD.
Chap. 8
sic p. 104
irredeemably
p. 104
mediocre p. 113
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DAY 7
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapter 8, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. What do the scores the Gamemakers give the Tributes mean?
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2. What is Kat’s greatest fear after he private session with the Gamemakers?
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3. Why are Kat and Gale an effective hunting team?
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VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
DAY 8
WRITE THE PART OF SPEECH AND MATCHING DICTIONARY DEFINITION
FOR EACH WORD .
Chap. 9
banal p. 115
gossamer p. 126
perils p. 130
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DAY 8
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapter 9, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. What advice does Cinna give Katniss for her interview?
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2. What does Rue say will be her greatest strength in the arena?
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3. What secret does Peeta reveal at the end of his interview?
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SETTING
THE SETTING
DESCRIBE WHEN AND WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE.
Time Period
Panem
District 12
The Hob
The Seam
Capitol
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CHARACTERS
APPEARANCE (LOOKS)
CHARACTERS
PERSONALITY TRAITS /
OTHER
Reminds me of….
Katniss
Everdeen
Primrose
Everdeen
Mr. Everdeen
Mrs. Everdeen
Gale Hawthorne
Greasy Sae
Peacekeepers
Effie Trinket
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CHARACTERS
APPEARANCE (LOOKS)
PERSONALITY
TRAITS/OTHER
Reminds me of…
Haymitch
Abernathy
Mayor
Undersee
Madge
Undersee
Peeta Mellark
Gamemakers
Cinna
Portia
Avox girl
Caesar
Flickerman
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
DAY 8
Author Suzanne Collins uses figurative language in her novel The Hunger Games. Figurative
language is writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally. These “figures of speech”
include similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole. They add interest and color and make
the language more exciting and interesting.
simile: A comparison of two things (that
may or not be alike) using the words like
or as. She is as quick as a fox.
metaphor: A comparison of two unlike
things without using like or as. The sun
was a furnace.
personification: A type of metaphor in
which non-human things or ideas
possess human qualities or actions. The
wind whistled throughout the night.
hyperbole: An obvious and deliberate
exaggeration (to emphasize something or
for humorous purposes). I ate a million
pieces of cake today.
Read the examples of figurative language from chapters 1-4 below. For each one:
• Identify whether it is an example of:
A. simile B. metaphor C. personification D. hyperbole
• Underline the words that identify it as such. (For simile and metaphor, underline the two things
being compared. For personification, underline the non-human thing and its human quality or
action. For hyperbole, underline the word or words which identify the exaggeration.)
Example:
_____ (p. 3) “Primʼs face is as fresh as a raindrop, as lovely as the primrose for which she was
named.” A - simile; there are two similes: Primʼs face as fresh as a raindrop
and Primʼs face as lovely as primrose.
______ 1. (p. 5) “...I always take a moment to listen carefully for the hum that means the fence "
is live. Right now, it’s silent as a stone.”
______ 2. (p. 6) “So I learned to hold my tongue...” (this quote continued in #3)
______ 3. (p. 6) “...and turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one
could ever " read my thoughts.”
______ 4. (p. 6) “A thicket of berry bushes protects it from unwanted eyes.”
______ 5. (p. 16) “Attendance is mandatory unless you are on deathʼs door.”
______ 6. (p. 16) “The camera crews, perched like buzzards on rooftops, only add
to the " effect.”
______ 7. (p. 18) “He tells the history of Panem, the country that rose up out of the
ashes of a " place that was once called North America.”
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
DAY 8
Continued...
______ 8. (p. 18) “He lists the disasters, the droughts, the storms, the fires, the
encroaching " seas that "swallowed up so much of the land....”
______ 9. (p. 19) “...right now District 12 is the laughingstock of Panem, and he
knows it.”
______ 10. (p. 21) “Thatʼs how I feel now...totally stunned as the name bounces
around the " inside of my skull.”
______ 11. (p. 27) “The community home would crush her like a bug.”
______ 12. (p. 27) “But the money ran out and we were slowly starving to death.”
Digging Deeper: Finding Meaning in Similes & Metaphors
Identify the simile or metaphor in each of these examples by underlining it. Then write its
meaning. Remember that figurative language is not meant to be taken literally.
Example: (p. 37) “We always wait to trade with him when his witch of a wife isnʼt around
"
because heʼs so much nicer.”
The baker’s wife is not actually a witch, but she is not very nice.
13. (p. 44) “ʻAt least you two have decent manners,ʼ says Effie as weʼre finishing the main
course. ʻThe pair last year ate everything with their hands like a couple of savages.ʼ”
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14. (p. 46) “You know your mentor is your lifeline to the world in these Games.”
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15. (p. 51) “The woods became our savior, and each day I went a bit farther into its arms.”
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16. (p. 52) “...I was washing up in a pond when I noticed the plants growing around me. Tall with
leaves like arrowheads.”
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PART I DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. The story is set in the future, so when Katniss references her ancestors, she is referring to us.
What has happened to North America? How might we have contributed to the destruction of it?
2. Gale makes the comment that the Capitol wants the districts to be divided, that it is to their
advantage. What does he mean by this?
3. Katniss lives in the “Seam” of district 12. Why do you think it is named the “Seam”? What is a
seam and how might it apply to her neighborhood?
4. Would you volunteer for your little sister (or brother, or older sibling, or friend)? Why or why not?
What does it tell you about Katniss?
5. Why couldn’t Katniss’s mother take care of Katniss or her sister Prim? If they lived somewhere
other than the Seam, would things have been different for her mother?
6. How do you feel about the victors of the Hunger Games earning free food for their fellow citizens?
What problems might arise?
7. Why doesn’t Katniss want to get close to any of the tributes, including Peeta?
8. Why is it ironic that Effie calls district 12 barbaric?
9. Do you think it is merely coincidence that the red-headed Avox girl is serving the district 12
tributes, the nearest district from where she was captured? Could it be possible that the Capitol
knows Katniss was in the woods that day? Why or why not?
10.
Describe Caesar Flickerman. Does he remind you of any current TV personalities or talk
show hosts?
11.
What do you think Peeta’s motivation is with his announcement at the end of part 1?
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REVIEW FOR PART I TEST

Know your characters

Symbolism—Know the following & what they symbolize
o Peeta’s bread
o the woods
o katniss root/plant
o dandelions
o the “silent salute”
o mockingjay
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How do Katniss & Peeta act on-camera? Off-camera? Why differently?

What makes the Career tributes different from the other tributes?

Know the districts the Career tributes are from.

What is the purpose of the stylists, training session scores, and having a good interview for a
tribute? 
Know Peetaʼ s surprise news during his interview.

What are Katnissʼ s special skills and strengths?

What are Peetaʼ s special skills and strengths?

What special skills do the Career tributes have?
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THE HUNGER GAMES
STUDENT SURVIVAL GUIDE
PART II
HANDOUTS
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Part Two: The Games
Name: _____________________________
Create a Facebook Page for one of the tributes!
Choose a character & write in the information (even draw a picture & have others write on his/her “wall”).
Write something about yourself:
Birthdate:
Home district:
Relationship status:
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HUNGER GAMES - STATUS UPDATES !
Name: ____________________
Pretend you are either Katniss or Peeta.
For each chapter (from Chapter 10-18) give a “status update” as if you were writing this for your Facebook or
Twitter page. Remember, you are not yourself--you are writing in Katnissʼs or Peetaʼs voice!! Have fun!
1. Chapter 10 Status Update
Which character are you? (Circle): Peeta
or
Katniss
What’s on your mind?
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2. Chapter 11 Status Update
What’s on your mind?
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3. Chapter 12 Status Update
What’s on your mind?
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4. Chapter 13 Status Update
What’s on your mind?
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5. Chapter 14 Status Update
Which character are you? (Circle): Peeta
or
Katniss
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Whatʼs on your mind?
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6. Chapter 15 Status Update
Whatʼs on your mind?
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7. Chapter 16 Status Update
Whatʼs on your mind?
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8. Chapter 17 Status Update
Whatʼs on your mind?
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9. Chapter 18 Status Update
Whatʼs on your mind?
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FACEBOOK ACTIVITY, CONTINUED
EXTRA
CREDIT
10. Create virtual “gifts” or applications related to The Hunger Games. Describe them & even draw an icon
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for it (see examples below).
EXAMPLES OF GIFTS & APPLICATIONS :
CREATE ONE GIFT :
Which “gifts” would your character
want?
CREATE ONE APPLICATION:
• What kind of application would your character
want to use?
Who would YOU send a gift to?
What would you send that character?
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
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After you have finished reading chapter 10, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. How does Katniss react to Peeta's declaration of love?
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2. What does Peeta mean when he says, "I want to die as myself"?
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3. What is injected under Kat's skin before the Games? Why?
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapter 11, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. What is the "Cornucopia"? Why is it important?
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2. What does Kat take from the Cornucopia?
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3. What happens to the girl who lights a fire for warmth near Kat's hiding place?
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4. What big surprise does Kat get at the end of Chapter 11?
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapters 12-13, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full
sentences and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. How are the Career Tributes using Peeta?
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2. How is dehydration affecting Katniss?
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3. What wakes Katniss up?
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4. Why do the Gamemakers want to chase the Tributes from their hiding places?
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5. How does Katniss escape the Careers when they find her resting in the pond?
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapters 14-15, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full
sentences and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. What are tracker jackers?
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2. How does Katniss escape the Tributes waiting for her beneath the tree?
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3. What does Kat realize right before she passes out?
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4. What did Kat get from Glimmer's body?
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5. Why does Kat want Rue for an ally?
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
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After you have finished reading chapter 16, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. How does Katniss plan to strike at the Careers?
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2. How are the Careers' supplies protected?
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3. How does Katniss trigger the trap?
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
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After you have finished reading chapter 17, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. What happens to the boy from District 13?
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2. What does Kat mean by a “hollow day”? Have you ever had a hollow day?
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapter 18, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. What does Kat do for Rue as a sign of protest against the Capitol?
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2. What sponsor gift does Kat receive? Who is it from?
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3. What important rule change is announced?
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PART II REVIEW
DAYS 16-18
Each student will write 3 test questions from the chapter they are assigned. The questions must be
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either: True/False, Multiple Choice, or Fill-in-the-Blank, or a mixture of those. Follow the
instructions for writing a good test question. You are graded on how well it is written & the level
of difficulty!!
HOW TO WRITE A GOOD TEST QUESTION:
1. True/False statements
True/False are not really questions, but statements. Which means it should be written as a fact &
the test taker must decided if it is, indeed, a fact.
Examples: • Katniss represents District 10.
• Portia designed a dress for Katniss for the Opening Ceremonies.
• Primrose is Katniss’s younger sister.
The false statements may have one thing that is false (the first example has one thing), or many
things that are false (the second example has at least three things that are false). The fewer things
that are false in the statement, the harder it is.
AVOID opinionated statements! Students cannot answer true or false to someone’s opinion!
Bad Examples:
• Katniss has the best chance of all the tributes to win.
• Living in District 12 is better than any of the other districts.
2. Multiple Choice questions/statements
Multiple choice questions will ask a question, then give the student choices for the answer.
However, some may be more like a fill in the blank with choices for the blank, while others have the
student finish the statement.
Examples:
• In which neighborhood does Peeta live?
A. In the Seam
B. In the Hob
C. In Town with the Merchants
D. In Victor’s Village
• _______ is the name of Prim’s cat.
A. Sugarlump
B. Buttercup
C. Lady
D. Greasy Sae
• The mockingjay is a symbol of _________, but also reminds Katniss of ____.
A. rebellion; her father’s singing.
B. rebellion; Prim’s singing.
C. friendship; Peeta saving her life.
D. friendship; her mother’s singing
3. Fill-in-the Blank
Fill-in-the-Blank statements are true statements with a word or words missing in which the student
must fill in.
Example: • Katniss lives in the country of ____________.
Make sure the part you leave out cannot be substituted with anything else--there should be no
question as to what the answer is.
Bad Example: • Katniss lives in ______________. (Obviously, a few things could work here.)
PART II Review
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PART III HANDOUTS
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DAY 20
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapter 19, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. How has Peeta managed to stay safe since his fight with Cato?
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2. Describe Peeta's injuries.
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3. How does Kat stop Peeta from talking about his potential death?
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THE DISTRICT & THEIR TRIBUTES
Part III – Chapter 19: Review the tributes who have lost their lives and record information for the
remaining tributes as you read Part III.
DISTRICT
#
INDUSTRY
(FOR THE C APITOL)
MALE TRIBUTE
FEMALE TRIBUTE
W HEN/HOW T HEY
DIE IF KNOWN
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W HO KILLS THEM ?
IF KNOWN
IF KNOWN
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
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DAY 21
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapters 20-21, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full
sentences and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. What condition threatens Peeta's life?
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2. Where did Katniss really get the money for Prim's goat?
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3. How does Haymitch help Katniss get to the feast?
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4. What clever strategy does Foxface employ at the feast?
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5. What stops Clove from killing Katniss?
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6. Why doesn't Thresh kill Katniss?
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DAY 22
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapter 22, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. Why is Peeta's perspective on life different from Kat's and Gale's?
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2. What did Peeta's father confide to him about Kat's mother?
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3. What is Haymitch "looking for" from Katniss and Peeta?
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapter 23, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. According to Peeta and Katniss, how must Haymitch have won the games?
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2. What does Katniss fear will happen if she wins?
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3. How is Foxface killed?
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DAY 23
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapter 24, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. Why do the Gamemakers dry-up the river and ponds?
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2. Why doesn’t Cato attack Peeta and Katniss?
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapter 25, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. What is chasing the Tributes?
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2. Why don’t the creatures kill Cato quickly once they have overpowered him?
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3. How does Cato finally die?
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4. What is the Gamemakers’ final surprise?
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5. How do Kat and Peeta outsmart the Gamemakers’ last twist?
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VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
DAY 24
WRITE THE PART OF SPEECH AND MATCHING DICTIONARY DEFINITION
FOR EACH WORD .
Chap. 26
immobile p. 346
arbitrary p. 355
benign p. 355
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapter 26, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. How does Katniss surprise herself when she sees Haymitch?
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2. According to Haymitch, why is Katniss in trouble?
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
After you have finished reading chapter 27, answer the questions below. Be sure to use full sentences
and explain your answers where appropriate:
1. Why is Peeta upset?
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THE HUNGER GAMES DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
PART III QUESTIONS
D AYS 25-28
1. Katniss’s first reaction when she hears the news about the rule change is to call
out Peeta’s name, despite the dangers of alerting the tributes to her presence. Our first reactions are
usually are truest; so how does Katniss really feel about Peeta? Is it true that she thinks she must seek
him out because no one in district 12 would forgive her. Or is there more to it?
2. Why is Katniss willing to go to the feast to get the medicine for Peeta?
3. In order to go to the feast, Katniss must drug Peeta. Of course, we know it’s never a good idea to
drug your friends. Is this an exception? Does it make that act morally acceptable? Why or why not.
4. Further discuss the moral dilemma Katniss faces with saving Peeta’s life with the phrase: “The end
justifies the means.” She reasons that the means to get the medicine (knocking Peeta out) justifies the
end result (saving his life). How do we use this reasoning in real life? Do lawmakers/politicians make
decisions based on this? How? (Give examples.)
5. Discuss the issue of “paybacks.” List examples of characters who feel as though they owed another
character something.
6. Why do you think some characters (like Katniss and Thresh) feel as though they “owe” someone for
kindness, and others (like Peeta) never expect “payment” for their kindness shown.
7. What psychological impact could the wolf mutts have on a tribute? Why? Is this worse than the
physical threat? Explain.
8. Why does Katniss wait so long to kill Cato? How does she feel when she finally does?
9. Right before the rule change is announced Katniss is looking around for a stick for Peeta’s tourniquet
and finds her arrow instead (page 342). We know why Katniss picks up the arrow, but the audience
does not hear her thought process. From their viewpoint, what might it look like instead?
10. Katniss’s first reaction to the second rule change (which revokes the first rule change) is to shoot
Peeta when she sees his hand grabbing the knife. When she realizes that he does not intend to defend
himself or kill her, she feels ashamed of her gut reaction to kill him. Do you think she could really kill
him, as she almost did? Why or why not?
11. How we behave when we are placed into uncomfortable or terrible situations says a lot about our
character. Which tributes showed humanity toward others, showed they had good character, in the
arena? Which tributes gave in to cruelty and went along with the inhumanity of the Games? How did
they show their true colors?
12, When the victors greet their mentor, escort, and stylist, why do they wear the same outfit they wore
when they entered the arena? How might this be perceived by the Capitol audience?
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REVIEW
DAYS 25-28
Katniss & Peeta are on their way back to District 12 as the novel ends. The following
exercises are designed to help you review the novel. How much do you remember?
REVIEW OF SETTING
1. In which country does Katniss live? _______________________________________
2. The ____________________ is a city separate from the districts, in which the government reigns.
It is set in what used to be the ______________________ mountains.
3. There are _________________ districts in the country. (How many?)
4. Which district are Katniss & Peeta from? ___________________________________
5. Their district is set in the ___________________________ mountains near the eastern coast.
6. Their district’s industry is ______________________________________________.
7. You cannot work in that industry until you are age _____________.
8. In order to feed their families, Katniss and _______________ would go to the woods to
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9. Katniss is especially skilled in ___________________________________________.
10. There are four distinct “neighborhoods” in their home district. Name each of them by completing
these statements:
a. Katniss grew up in the __________________________ along with the other miners’
families.
b. Peeta and his family, along with Katniss’s mother, grew up in the
______________________ above their businesses.
c. The merchants served the wealthiest ____________________________, who lived
in the nicer part of the district.
d. The winners of the Hunger Games inhabit ______________________________
_____________________________ (two words).
11. The ______________ is in an abandoned warehouse and home to many vendors selling illegal
goods such as ______________________________________. Without this “black marketplace”
many more citizens would starve to death.
You may use the word bank to fill in the blanks. Some may not be used at all.
WORD
BANK
townspeople
Seam
Panem
Gale
coal
mining
12
Appalachian
Capitol
Primrose
District 11
archery
District 12
hunt
Hob
Victor’s
Village
18
meat,
greens,
soup
town
square
Rocky
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PROJECT
DAYS 25-28
C APITOL ““MUTTS”” OR M UTATIONS
CAPITOL MUTATIONS
“MUTTS”
ANIMAL OR THING (OR COMBO) IT
HOW IT DIFERS FROM A NORMAL ONE
LOKKS LIKE
JABBERJAY
MOCKINGJAY
TRAKER JACKER
WOLF MUTT
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DESIGN YOUR OWN C APITOL M UTATION
DAYS 25-28
Over the course of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, we encounter a few of the Capitols
mutations or "mutts." These creatures are genetically designed by the Capitol to serve specific
functions.
EXAMPLES
The jabberjay is used for surveillance. It is a bird that can remember human conversations and
repeat them later. The Capitol used them to spy on the rebellious Districts. Later, after mating with
common mockingbirds, the jabberjay became the mockingjay. While it can no longer reproduce
human words, it can remember and repeat human melodies and sounds.
Tracker jackers are mutated wasps, designed to be especially deadly and persistent. When
disturbed, they will chase their victims for great distances, refusing to give up until they have had
their revenge. Their venom is a powerful psychedelic narcotic, and a few stings can kill an adult
human.
ASSIGNMENT
Your assignment is to design a new Capitol mutt. Your creature should be a combination of existing
animals, but can have added, genetically-designed features. It should serve a specific purpose for
the Capitol.
STEPS
1.
Determine what kind of creature you will design. What does it look like? What is its purpose?
How does it serve the Capitol? How do the people living in the Districts deal with or avoid it?
2.
Draw and label your new mutt. Labels should identify the creature's special features.
3.
Write a paragraph explaining your mutation. Your paragraph must cover the following: • Genetic building-blocks (which animals were combined).
• Purpose (what the Capitol uses it for).
• Coping techniques (how do the people living in the Districts deal with or avoid these
creatures?).
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CRITERIA
D AYS 25-28
You will be graded for creativity, presentation, detail, and writing. Your drawing must be neat and
detailed, and must have important features labeled. Your paragraph must include all of the elements
listed above.
Description of Capitol Mutation
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