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How many themes are there?

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10

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What are the ten themes?

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Power 
Versions of Reality
Identity
Society and Class
Love
Strength and Skill
Politics
Sacrifice
Punishment
Community
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Who is the main source of power in The Hunger Games?

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The totalitarian government of the Capitol

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How does the Capitol control all of the Districts?

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The Capitol holds most of Panem’s wealth

They use the military (Peacekeepers)

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What is the ultimate display of the Capitol’s power?

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The Hunger Games

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Why did the Capitol create The Hunger Games?

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To warn the populace against rebellion

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How do the Hunger Games work?

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24 teenagers are put into an arena
There is a boy and a girl from each District
Only one can win
So they are forced to kill one another
The Capitol broadcasts it live on television

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What are The Hunger Games symbolic of?

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How the Capitol keeps the Districts divided
Prevents them from uniting against the Capitol
Divided districts mean less resources for the Districts

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In what ways do the Districts resist the Capitol?

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District 12 salutes Katniss
Katniss covers Rue’s dead body in flowers
They rebel by maintaining their humanity

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What do these gestures represent?

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The fact that there are actual people in the Hunger Games-not just game pieces

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What is the one show that Panem watches?

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The Hunger Games

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How are The Hunger Games a different version of reality?

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It makes us question what is real and not real in the Hunger Games

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How are we shown a different reality in the Capitol?

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Fake flames
Muttations
The cosmetic surgery on the people in the Capitol which changes their appearance

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How did Katniss identify herself before the Hunger Games?

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She was a hunter and gatherers he didn’t like cats
She loved her sister
She kept her feelings well hidden

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What Katniss’s main goal before she became a Tribute?

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The survival of her family

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What did Katniss have to do after she became a Tribute?

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Change her persona

Try to sell herself to the audience and potential sponsors

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Why did Katniss have to change after being chosen?

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She was now in a world where image is everything

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When was another time she had to remake herself?

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After her father died

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How does Katniss maintain her identity, even as she is changing?

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She keeps her Mockingjay pin

She keeps her hair in a single braid down her back

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How does Peeta adapt to being in front of the cameras?

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His intentions and personality seem to change constantly, but he claims he wants to maintain his humanity in the Games

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What are the two distinct classes shown in the Hunger Games?

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Very poor

Very rich

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Who portrays upper class in the Hunger Games?

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The Capitol

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Who portrays lower class in the Hunger Games?

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District 12

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Are all the Districts poor?

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No

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Which are the three richer Districts?

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1
2
4

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What do the richer Districts do, in terms of the Hunger Games?

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They train teenagers to become tributes

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How do the richer Districts see the Hunger Games?

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As a way to glory and fame

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How do the poorer Districts see the Hunger Games?

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They focus on survival

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How is Oanem similar to South Africa?

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It shows how money can change people

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How has Katniss chosen to cope with her traumatic experiences?

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She does so without affection

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What traumatic experiences has Katniss gone through?

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Her father’s death
Her mother’s depression
Her near starvation

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32
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Who are the only two people Katniss has opened her heart to?

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Primrose

Gale

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33
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What does love become during the Hunger Games?

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A tool

A form of manipulating the audience that Katniss can use

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How does the book make us question Katniss’s love for Peeta?

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We wonder if her love is sincere or just another method of survival

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Why doesn’t Katniss love anyone except Prim and Gale?

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After her father died and her mother closed off, those were the only two people left for her to love
After that, she had no time to think about love, because she was too busy trying to survive

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Why is Peeta more loving?

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He has a kind father, so has a better example of love

He is not so focused on survival, so has had more time to think about love

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What is Cato’s set of skills?

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He is powerful and arrogant
Has a force temper
Can snap someone’s neck with his bare hands in an instant

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What is Foxface’s set of skills?

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She is crafty
Strategic
Clever

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What is Rue’s set of skills?

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She can jump from tree to tree
Talk to birds
Has a lot of knowledge about plants- which ones are safe to eat and which ones can be used as medicine

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What is Peeta’s set of skills?

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He appeals to the audience
He is a master of camouflage
He can lift heavy weights

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What are Katniss’s skills?

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Fast
Agile
Skilled hunter
Knowledgable gatherer
Strategic
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What country can be compared to the Capitol’s form of government?

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Nazi Germany

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What is the rule of the Capitol like?

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Controlling
No freedom of speech 
No free media
No voting or elections
No way of demanding a better life
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What kind of life does the book show us, in terms of politics?

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What it is like to live in a society where speaking out could get you killed

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What do sacrifices represent in the Hunger Games?

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They remind us that human life means something

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What are some of the reasons that people make sacrifices in The Hunger Games?

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Could be for sponsors
To run away from something (Katniss and Peeta didn’t want to live without each other)
Could be to pay something back

47
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Give some examples of sacrifices

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Peeta sacrifices burnt bread to feed Katniss
Katniss volunteers for Prim
District 11 sacrifice money to give Katniss bread
Thresh sacrifices his chance to kill Katniss in order to pay her back for Rue
Katniss and Peeta are prepared to sacrifice their lives instead of killing one another

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How are citizens forced to obey the laws of the Capitol?

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They are punished if they step out of line

49
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Where else do we see the method of punishment used to control citizens?

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Throughout history

50
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How does the Capitol prevent rebellion? (Apart from the Hunger Games)

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They separate the Districts to prevent unity

They starve some people and make others rich to create imbalance

51
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What does Katniss believe at first is the best strategy for the Hunger Games?

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That staying isolated and only relying on herself is the best strategy

52
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How does Katniss’s strategy change?

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She realises that people are stronger together

53
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How do we see Katniss’s realisation?

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Her alliance with Rue

Her alliance with Peeta

54
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How does Katniss realise that the Capitol is her actual enemy?

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He newfound sense of community shows her who she is really against

55
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How do the Tributes usually ally themselves?

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With people from their own District

With people who have the same standing in society (the Career Tributes)

56
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How does Katniss’s community help her?

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When she leaves, many of the people from her District offer to take care of her family
District 11 sends her bread

57
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Who is the main character in THG?

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Katniss Everdeen

58
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What is Katniss’s nickname?

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The Girl on Fire

59
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How old is Katniss?

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16

60
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Where does Katniss live?

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District 12 with her mother and her sister (Primrose)

61
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How many times was Katniss’s name in the reaping?

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20 times

62
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What are Katniss’s skills?

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She is an accomplished hunter

63
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Who is Katniss in THG?

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The narrator

Protagonist

64
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What are Katniss’s defining moments?

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When her father is killed in a mine explosion
Peeta Mellark gave her bread to stop her from starving
When she volunteers for her sister
When Rue is killed
When she saves Peeta’s life
When she decides to sacrifice herself instead of killing Peeta
When she wins the 74th annual Hunger Games

65
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Where does Katniss find solitude?

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In the woods outside her District
She hunts there
With her friend Gale

66
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Why doesn’t Katniss run away, as Gale suggests?

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She is completely loyal to her sister

She shows this when she sacrifices herself for her sister

67
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Who does Katniss despise?

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The Capitol

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Why does she hate the Capitol?

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She blames them for her father’s death
She blames them for her starvation
She despises them for the barbarism of THG

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What is Katniss’s personality?

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She is defiant

She is strong minded and spirited, even feisty

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How does Katniss act in the Games?

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She focuses on survival
She is reluctant to kill anyone
When pressed she quickly kills anyone who poses a threat

71
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What is Katniss’s weakness in the Games?

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She secretly has a kind heart

She feels sympathy toward Rue, because Rue reminds her of her sister

72
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What is Katniss’s reaction to Rue’s murder?

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She becomes very emotional

She becomes more determined in her quest against the Capitol

73
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How does Katniss feel about herself?

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She underestimates herself

74
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Who is Katniss’s fellow tribute?

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Peeta Mellark

75
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How does Katniss feel about Peeta?

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She has conflicting feelings toward Peeta
She feels indebted to him for saving her life
She trusts him, but does not want to

76
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How do Katniss’s opinions of Peeta change during THG?

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After an announcement that two tributes can win, Katniss finds him, nurses back to health and wins the Games with him

77
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How is Gale portrayed during THG?

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He is a reference for Katniss

She constantly thinks about what he could be thinking

78
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What is Katniss’s ultimate act of defiance?

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Her suggestion to Peeta that they eat poisonous night lock berries instead of killing one another

79
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How does Katniss feel about Peeta after THG?

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She is unsure whether she loves him or not

80
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How does Katniss change after THG?

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She hates the Capitol even more
Her opinion of Gale changes
Her opinion of Peeta changes

81
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What is the question that we are most encouraged to ask throughout the novel?

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Did Katniss ever really love Peeta

82
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Who is the secondary protagonist?

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Peeta Mellark

83
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What is Peeta’s nickname?

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The boy with the bread

84
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How old is Peeta?

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16 years old

85
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What does Peeta look like?

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Medium height
Stocky build
Ashy blond hair

86
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Who here does Peeta live?

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In District 12

With his father the baker

87
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What are Peeta’s skills?

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Notably strong
Good in hand to hand combat
Excellent at camouflage

88
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Who is Peeta in love with?

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Katniss Everdeen

89
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How does Peeta fair in THG?

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He is the winner of the 74th Hunger Games

90
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What is Peeta’s personality?

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Compassionate
Kind hearted
Good with words
Charming

91
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What sacrifice did Peeta make for Katniss?

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He purposefully burned bread, so that he could give to Katniss

92
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How does Leeta appear at first and how does that change?

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He seems quiet and weak, but he reveals a depth

93
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What does Peeta try to do throughout THG?

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Maintain his character and integrity

94
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How does Peeta achieve his goal?

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He refuses to hurt Katniss

He and Katniss make the Games a love story, rather than a savage fight

95
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When does Peeta confess his love for Katniss?

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In an interview with Caesar Flickerman

96
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How does Peeta protect Katniss?

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He “joins” the Careers to prevent them from finding Katniss

He later helps her to escape from them, at the cost of Cato’s wrath

97
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What happens to Peeta after his fight with Cato?

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He has a serious leg wound
He is left for dead
It becomes infected
He gets blood poisoning

98
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Was Peeta really in love with Katniss?

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Yes

He appears hurt when he finds out she was just acting

99
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Who is Katniss’s best friend?

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Gale Hawthorne

100
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How old is Gale?

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18

101
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What does Gale look like?

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Tall
Handsome
Straight black hair
Olive skin
Gray eyes
102
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What do Katniss and Gale have in common?

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They are both hunters
They both provide for their families
Their fathers were killed in the same mine explosion
They both hate the Capitol, but Gale is more vocal about it

103
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Who is Haymitch Abernathy?

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He is the mentor for District 12

He once won THG

104
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Why is Haymitch important to Katniss and Peeta?

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He is responsible for arranging gifts for them from the sponsors
He can give them advice about the games

105
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What is Haymitch’s main flaw?

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He is notoriously drunk

106
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How is Haymitch’s character developed?

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He actually helps Katniss and sends her gifts
He communicates to her through these gifts
He is actually shown as quite similar to Katniss
He does support Katniss and Peeta and defends them against the Capitol

107
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How are Primrose and Rue similar?

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They are both 12 years old
They are both drawn to Katniss and rely on her
They both have medicinal knowledge
They are both small and petite in stature

108
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Who is Cinna?

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He is Katniss’s stylist

109
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Why does Katniss consider him her friend?

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He makes her feel safe
He keeps her pin safe for her
He is unaffected by the outlandish styles of the Capitol
He helps Katniss through the outfits that he gives her and assists her in her interview
He is determined to make Katniss memorable
He says that he is rooting for Katniss

110
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Who is the main antagonist?

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The Capitol

111
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What is the Capitol like?

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Lavish extravagant
Over the top
Expensive
The fashion is absurd and alters a person’s experience without limits
Celebrates death as a form of entertainment

112
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Who is Effie Trinket?

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She is the Capitol representative

113
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What is Effie like?

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She is the embodiment of the Capitol- she celebrates THG
She is superficial
She has pink hair
She has white skin

114
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What is Effie’s character?

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She is perky and fake

She doesn’t seem to see anything wrong with THG, but she does actually seem to care about Peeta and Katniss

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