Play the Hunger Games!

Take the Hunger Games challenge for On the Same Page!

Did you survive last week's challenge? The correct answers were: 1) a. rice 2) f. a year's supply of grain and oil for one person 3) h. cookies 4) k. 74th 5) m. Theseus and the Minotaur

Here’s your new challenge:

1) What is the nickname given to Katniss in the games?
a) The Archer
b) The Girl Who Is on Fire
c) The Girl from District 12

2) Which Roman emperor was famous for building the Colosseum in Rome, where the infamous gladiator games took place?
d) Nero
e) Vespasian
f) Julius Caesar

3) Tributes who practice like Olympic athletes for the Hunger Games are popularly called
g) Careers
h) Alltimers
i) Destines

4) What is Katniss’s score in the pre-game tests?
j) 7
k) 9
l) 11

5) Who are the tributes from district 11?
m) Cato and Glimmer
n) Thresh and Rue
o) Thresh and Glimmer

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Violence and Society

Violence as entertainment plays a large part in The Hunger Games, and the novel itself is both violent and entertaining. What shocked you most about the book? What important points do you think the author makes about violence and its effects on society? violence in the media? violence and children?

Play the Hunger Games!

Take the Hunger Games challenge for On the Same Page!

Did you survive last week's challenge? The correct answers were: 1) a. aloe vera 2) e. a real plant with an edible root 3) g. a dandelion 4) l. Catnip 5) o. cat

Here’s your new challenge:

1) What is the most widely consumed grain on earth?
a) rice
b) wheat
c) corn

2) The “tesserae” that teens in the districts earn by risking more entries in the reaping lottery are worth
d) a year’s supply of grain for one person
e) a year’s supply of bread for one person
f) a year’s supply of grain and oil for one person

3) As Katniss sets off for the games, Peeta’s father gives her a gift of
g) bread
h) cookies
i) cake

4) Katniss and Peeta participate in which year of the Hunger Games?
j) 70th
k) 74th
l) 79th

5) Collins says she based The Hunger Games partly on the myth of
m) Theseus and the Minotaur
n) Apollo and Diana
o) Opheus and Eurydice


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Katniss and Peeta

The characters of Katniss and Peeta are so different. Which one did you like more? Which surprised you more? Why do you think Collins made Katniss the main character rather than Peeta? Do you think the characters' backgrounds explain the differences between them?

Play the Hunger Games!

Take the Hunger Games challenge for On the Same Page!

Did you survive last week's challenge? The correct answers were: 1) b. look for areas where animal tracks converge 2) e. 3 weeks 3) i. white 4) j. don't eat 5) n. oleander

Here’s your new challenge:

1) Katniss’s mother is an herbalist and healer. Which of these healing plants would she probably not find growing wild in the Appalachian region known as District 12?
a) aloe vera
b) bee balm
c) common boneset

2) Katniss’s father named her after a water plant with an edible root. Is katniss
d) a real plant, but it’s not edible
e) a real plant with an edible root
f) made up by Suzanne Collins

3) After Peeta gave Katniss a burnt loaf of bread, what did she see that gave her hope to keep her family from starving?
g) a dandelion
h) a coin
i) a primrose

4) Gale’s nickname for Katniss is
j) Kat
k) Catkin
l) Catnip

5) Prim’s pet Buttercup is a
m) goat
n) rabbit
o) cat

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Inspiration for The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins has said that The Hunger Games was inspired by the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur, the Roman gladiators, reality TV games, and actual TV footage of young people at war. What is the strongest parallel you see between the events of The Hunger Games and our society or history? Do you find any comparisons to events that have been part of your own life?

Play the Hunger Games!

Take the Hunger Games challenge for On the Same Page!

1) Which of these methods can help you find water in the wild?
a) look for the tallest plants in the area
b) look for areas where animal tracks converge
c) both

2) On average, how long can a person survive without food?
d) 4 days
e) 3 weeks
f) 1 month

3) Though berries of any color can be poisonous, what is the most common color for poisonous berries?
g) black
h) red
i) white

4) Which course of action will slow down your body’s dehydration?
j) don’t eat
k) eat slowly
l) eat a lot of fatty foods

5) Which of the following plants is not edible?
m) cattail
n) oleander
o) dandelion

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