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The Hunger Games Flashcards

1
Q

Where does the story take place?

A

A futuristic, dystopian society in North America called Panem

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Who is the protagonist of the story?

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Katniss

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Who is the antagonist of the story?

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the government of Panem

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4
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What are some examples of conflicts within the story?

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man vs man (tributes fighting)
man vs self (love triangle, internal struggle to survive, etc)
man vs technology/ nature (the arena is an artificial form of nature)
man vs society (Katniss and Peeta struggling against the capital)

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5
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What is Katniss’s nickname?

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Catnip

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Who is in Katniss’s family?

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Her father (deceased), mother, and sister Primrose

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7
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How did Katniss’s father die?

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A mine explosion

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8
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Where does Katniss live?

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District 12

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9
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Where does Katniss live?

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District 12

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10
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How does Katniss get most of the food for her family?

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Illegal hunting, the black market (hob), Prim’s goat, tesserae

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How does Katniss know Peeta?

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He gave her bread when she and her family were starving

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12
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What does Peeta’s family do?

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they are bakers

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What is the name of the delegate from the capital who comes every year to do the reaping?

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Effie Trinket

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What is the name of the delegate from the capital who comes every year to do the reaping?

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Effie Trinket

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What is a tesserae?

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a small ration of grain and oil the citizens of District 12 can get for putting their name into the reaping

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16
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Whose name is drawn first at the reaping?

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Primrose Everdeen

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17
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What happens when Prim’s name is drawn?

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Katniss volunteers

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18
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Which boy’s name is drawn at the reaping?

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Peeta Mellark

19
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What is the name of District 12’s victor?

A

Haymitch Abernathy

20
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What does Katniss score when she appears before the gamemakers?

A

11

21
Q

What is Katniss’s weapon of choice?

A

A bow and arrows

22
Q

What is the “nickname” given to the tributes who are raised for the Games and volunteer to compete?

A

The careers

23
Q

Who appears to be the leader of the careers?

A

Cato

24
Q

What is the name of the structure where all the supplies are kept at the beginning of the Hunger Games?

A

The Cornucopia

25
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What happens to the tributes if they step off the platform early before the Games officially start?

A

They get blown up

26
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What does Haymitch tell Katniss and Peeta to do at the very beginning of the Games?

A

Don’t fight at the Cornucopia- run to the woods, find safety and water

27
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What does Peeta do that Katniss first interprets as a betrayal, then realizes is to protect her?

A

Teams up with the Careers

28
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How do the Gamemakers decide to push Katniss closer to the other tributes?

A

A forest fire

29
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Who does Katniss first team up with?

A

Rue

30
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How does Rue help Katniss escape the Careers?

A

They drop a Tracker Jacker nest on them

31
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How does Rue teach Katniss to communicate?

A

Mockingjays

32
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What does Katniss do as Rue dies?

A

Sings to her

33
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How does Katniss make sure the capital and the citizens see and acknowledge Rue’s death?

A

Covers her in flowers

34
Q

What announcement is made that prompts Katniss to try to find and team up with Peeta again?

A

Two tributes can win if they are from the same district

35
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When Katniss finds Peeta, where is he, how is he surviving, and what is his condition like?

A

He is hiding camouflaged by the river bed. He is in bad shape as Cato has cut his leg and it is badly infected

36
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Where does Katniss hide herself and Peeta during the storm?

A

a cave

37
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While hiding with Peeta, what does Katniss discover is best way to get sponsor gifts

A

Be romantic with Peeta

38
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What does Katniss need from the feast at the Cornucopia?

A

Medicine for Peeta’s leg

39
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How does Cato die?

A

The hounds get him

40
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Who are the hounds?

A

The fallen tributes

41
Q

What announcement is made right after Cato dies and Katniss and Peeta seemingly win?

A

The revision where two tributes could win has been revoked. One of them will have to kill the other

42
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How do Katniss and Peeta get past the revoked rule change?

A

The threaten to (and almost do) eat poison berries that would kill them both

43
Q

Explain Katniss’s internal conflict upon returning home

A

Love triangle between Peeta and Gale, pressure that now the capital is very unhappy and threatening toward her for outsmarting them and making them look bad.

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