The Hunger Games Chapter 23 Review

One of the themes of The Hunger Games is that life can be happier when you have connections to others. Which of the following statements conveys this theme?

• Haymitch is very unhappy, in part, because he has no friends or family.

• Haymitch deliberately rejected people to punish himself for winning the games.

• Katniss worries about what she will be like when her mother passes away and Prim grows up to have her own family.

• Katniss does not want to have any connections to people if she returns to the Victors’ Village.

Why is Haymitch an alcoholic?

• He drinks too much.

• He most likely can’t stand the memories of his time in the games as a tribute.

• He loves the taste of alcohol far more than he loves the taste of food.

• He probably can’t deal with the pain of having trained tributes only to see them die terrible deaths.

Which of the following statements is true?

• Katniss sees Thresh’s death as murder.

• Katniss feels terrible about Thresh’s death.

• Peeta feels terrible about Thresh’s death.

• The Capitol sees Thresh’s death as entertainment.

How did Haymitch win his Hunger Games?

• He was stronger than the other tributes.

• He earned more sponsors than the other tributes.

• He teamed up with the Careers and then betrayed them.

• He outsmarted the other tributes.

What is the symbolism of Suzanne Collins calling the berries “nightlock”?

• Night = depression

• Lock = missing a key

• Nightlock = locked into death

• Nightlock = sleeping heavily

The weather was described as “pouring buckets” with a “dark, rainy sky.” Which of the following is true?

• The weather reflects how Katniss feels after finding out about Thresh’s death.

• The weather symbolizes grief, despair, and mourning.

• The weather symbolizes a time of renewal and regrowth.

• The weather can’t be controlled by the gamemakers.

Which of the following is true about the symbolism involving the stream?

• Water = life.

• Peeta is life (hope) to Katniss. She needed to find him.

• Katniss is literally and figuratively life to Peeta.

• Water = mud, rapids, tough times

Why does Katniss become so angry at Peeta?

• He is too loud when walking through the woods.

• He does not know how to hunt.

• He does not want to be shoeless when walking in the woods.

• He fails to keep whistling back to her when they split up in the woods.

Which of the following statements is true?

• Katniss is furious that Peeta makes too much noise in the woods.

• Katniss thinks Peeta is a weak human being, both inside and outside.

• Katniss tells Peeta she wishes Rue could be with them.

• Katniss was triggered when she didn’t hear Peeta’s whistle because it reminded her of when Rue died.

Which of the following characters died in this chapter?

• Clove

• Thresh

• Cato

• Foxface