The Hunger Games: Chapter 3
1) What point of view is the story told in?
a. What tense is it told in (past or present)
2) Grammar Note: Homonyms – words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have
different meanings. (The following words are found in Chapter 3
a. Please find the differences between: it’s/its, alright /all right, too/to/two, you’re/your,
wait/weight, witch/which, son/sun, here/hear, fair/fare,
3) Katniss discuss the coach and its material, “I know velvet because my mother has a dress with a
collar made of the stuff,” (34). Create a list of five items that you think you would know that Katniss
doesn’t know.
4) FYI: Cannot is one word not two
5) Why does Katniss feel like she has to act like the mother in the family?
6) Define the word apothecary
a. How could knowledge of an apothecary business help Katniss in the woods when she hunts?
7) Katniss tells her mother, “You can’t leave again,” (35). Does she mean this literally? Why or Why
not.
8) Katniss is describing the games and states, “Oh, there’ll be people like me, too. People to weed out
before the real fun begins,” (36). What tone is being evoked in this statement? Why or why not.
9) Katniss states that cookies, “… are a luxury we can never afford.” What does she mean by this
statement. And why does she feel like this?
10) Peeta’s father states that he will make sure the little girl eats. What is ironic about this statement?
(Think of Peeta and Katniss)
11) How does Katniss acquire the Mockingjay pin?
12) Katniss describes one specific games where there were players freezing to death, “It was considered
very anticlimactic in the Capitol, all those quiet, bloodless deaths,” (39). What image do you have of
the Capitol?
13) Speed. Put yourself in Katniss shoes. If you have never been in a car or any motorized movement.
How would you imagine being on a train that averages 250 miles per hour?
14) What region in the United States is the Capitol located?
15) How long ago did North America end (as we know it)?
16) Katniss describes her school day and the education of Panem, “I know there must be more than
they’re telling us, an actual account of what happened during the rebellion,” (42). Why won’t her
school teach her about what happened during the rebellion?
17) What is the term for genetically altered animals?
18) Why does Katniss like having the Mockingjay pin?
19) Effie refers to last year’s tributes as savages, “The pair last year ate everything with their hands like a
couple of savages,” (44). What is the irony in this statement?
20) What do the people of the Capitol think of District 12?
21) What is Haymitch’s role in the games?
22) At the end of the chapter, we see Haymitch. How do we know that he isn’t physically fit for the
games?