The Hunger Games Flashcards
Where does the story take place?
A futuristic, dystopian society in North America called Panem
Who is the protagonist of the story?
Katniss
Who is the antagonist of the story?
the government of Panem
What are some examples of conflicts within the story?
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)
What is Katniss’s nickname?
Catnip
Who is in Katniss’s family?
Her father (deceased), mother, and sister Primrose
How did Katniss’s father die?
A mine explosion
Where does Katniss live?
District 12
Where does Katniss live?
District 12
How does Katniss get most of the food for her family?
Illegal hunting, the black market (hob), Prim’s goat, tesserae
How does Katniss know Peeta?
He gave her bread when she and her family were starving
What does Peeta’s family do?
they are bakers
What is the name of the delegate from the capital who comes every year to do the reaping?
Effie Trinket
What is the name of the delegate from the capital who comes every year to do the reaping?
Effie Trinket
What is a tesserae?
a small ration of grain and oil the citizens of District 12 can get for putting their name into the reaping
Whose name is drawn first at the reaping?
Primrose Everdeen
What happens when Prim’s name is drawn?
Katniss volunteers
Which boy’s name is drawn at the reaping?
Peeta Mellark
What is the name of District 12’s victor?
Haymitch Abernathy
What does Katniss score when she appears before the gamemakers?
11
What is Katniss’s weapon of choice?
A bow and arrows
What is the “nickname” given to the tributes who are raised for the Games and volunteer to compete?
The careers
Who appears to be the leader of the careers?
Cato
What is the name of the structure where all the supplies are kept at the beginning of the Hunger Games?
The Cornucopia
What happens to the tributes if they step off the platform early before the Games officially start?
They get blown up
What does Haymitch tell Katniss and Peeta to do at the very beginning of the Games?
Don’t fight at the Cornucopia- run to the woods, find safety and water
What does Peeta do that Katniss first interprets as a betrayal, then realizes is to protect her?
Teams up with the Careers
How do the Gamemakers decide to push Katniss closer to the other tributes?
A forest fire
Who does Katniss first team up with?
Rue
How does Rue help Katniss escape the Careers?
They drop a Tracker Jacker nest on them
How does Rue teach Katniss to communicate?
Mockingjays
What does Katniss do as Rue dies?
Sings to her
How does Katniss make sure the capital and the citizens see and acknowledge Rue’s death?
Covers her in flowers
What announcement is made that prompts Katniss to try to find and team up with Peeta again?
Two tributes can win if they are from the same district
When Katniss finds Peeta, where is he, how is he surviving, and what is his condition like?
He is hiding camouflaged by the river bed. He is in bad shape as Cato has cut his leg and it is badly infected
Where does Katniss hide herself and Peeta during the storm?
a cave
While hiding with Peeta, what does Katniss discover is best way to get sponsor gifts
Be romantic with Peeta
What does Katniss need from the feast at the Cornucopia?
Medicine for Peeta’s leg
How does Cato die?
The hounds get him
Who are the hounds?
The fallen tributes
What announcement is made right after Cato dies and Katniss and Peeta seemingly win?
The revision where two tributes could win has been revoked. One of them will have to kill the other
How do Katniss and Peeta get past the revoked rule change?
The threaten to (and almost do) eat poison berries that would kill them both
Explain Katniss’s internal conflict upon returning home
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.
