Hunger Games Chapter 4 Quiz

"There are two times when I dropped my gaze, embarrassed, and that’s when I saw it. The first dandelion of the year. A bell went off in my head. I thought of the hours spent in the woods with my father and I knew how we were going to survive." In the above passage, what is the dandelion a symbol of? (RL4)

• Happiness
• Nature
• Dystopia
• Survival

“My mother had a book she’d brought with her from the apothecary shop. The pages were made of old parchment and covered in ink drawings of plants.” What does “apothecary” mean in the above sentences? (RL4)

• Philosophical library
• Medicinal pharmacy
• Paper goods
• Gathered foods

“The woods became our savior, and each day I went a bit farther into its arms.” What figurative language is the author using in this sentence? (RL4)

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

“I try and imagine, for a moment, what it must be like inside that woman’s head. What thoughts fill her waking hours? What dreams come to her at night? I have no idea.” This excerpt creates a ______________ tone. (RL4)

• angry
• sarcastic
• joyous
• confused

“Here’s some advice. Stay alive,” says Haymitch, and then bursts out laughing. I exchange a look with Peeta before I remember I’m having nothing more to do with him. I’m surprised to see the hardness in his eyes. He generally seems so mild. “That’s very funny,” says Peeta. Suddenly he lashes out at the glass in Haymitch’s hand. It shatters on the floor, sending the bloodred liquid running toward the back of the train. “Only not to us.” What does this exchange reveal about Peeta? (RL3)

• That he is explosive and untrustworthy.
• That he has more in common with Katniss than she would like to admit.
• That he has dealt with alcoholics in the past.

“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? (RL4)

• Finally
• With compassion
• Disinterested
• Full of cruelty