Hunger Games Chapter 3 Quiz

When Katniss is watching the events of the reaping, she notes a twelve-year-old girl from District 11 who, when her name is called, “all you can hear is the wind whistling through the decrepit buildings around her. There’s no one willing to take her place.” Who is this character meant to resemble?

• Peeta
• Katniss
• Prim
• Gale

“Madge walks straight to me. She is not weepy or evasive, instead there’s an urgency about her tone that surprises me. “They let you wear one thing from your district in the arena. One thing to remind you of home. Will you wear this?” She holds out the circular gold pin that was on her dress earlier. I hadn’t paid much attention to it before, but now I see it’s a small bird in flight. “ What inference can the reader make from this quotation?

• We can infer that there is an underground group of people in District 12 resisting the government.
• We can infer that Madge also hates the government of Panem.
• We can infer that the majority of people have respect for Katniss’s family.
• We can infer that the image of the bird holds importance in the society of Panem.

Katniss later realizes that the bird on the pin is a mockingjay. Which other piece of evidence about mockingjays best supports the answer to the previous question?

• The common term for them was muttations, or sometimes mutts for short.
• After the birds gathered words, they’d fly back to centers to be recorded.
• Then, of course, the rebels fed the Capitol endless lies, and the joke was on it.

“And then the Peacekeeper is at the door, signaling our time is up, and we’re all hugging one another so hard it hurts and all I’m saying is “I love you. I love you both.” And they’re saying it back and then the Peacekeeper orders them out and the door closes.” In the paragraph describing Katniss’s last minutes with her family, the author uses the word “and” six times. Which statement best describes why the author does this?

• To insinuate that Katniss has a lot on her mind.
• To allude to the list of responsibilities Katniss needs to hand over.
• To create the mood of being rushed and desperate.
• To produce a tone of nervousness.

“The commentators are not sure what to say about the crowd’s refusal to applaud. The silent salute. One says that District 12 has always been a bit backward but that local customs can be charming.” What likely causes the television announcer to describe District 12’s silent salute as a “charming local custom”?

• He is unaware of what the silent salute means.
• He is trying to make fun of District 12 .
• He is downplaying the message of the salute.
• He is afraid to even mention the salute for fear of punishment.

“We have to stand for a few minutes in the doorway of the train while the cameras gobble up our images, then we’re allowed inside and the doors close mercifully behind us.” What does “mercifully” mean in the above sentence?

• Finally
• With compassion
• Disinterested
• Full of cruelty