Play the Hunger Games!

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Did you survive last week's challenge? The correct answers were: 1) b. The Girl Who is on Fire 2) e. Vespasian 3) g. Careers 4) l. 11 5) m. Cato and Glimmer

Here’s your new challenge:

1) Haymitch’s first gift to Katniss in the arena is
a) water
b) food
c) burn ointment

2) Katniss has to outrun an artificial forest fire during the games. Fire generally travels faster
d) uphill
e) downhill
f) neither

3) Katniss must avoid stings from giant mutant wasps called
g) jibber jabbers
h) tracker jackers
g) jabber jays

4) If you are in danger of being attacked by hornets,
j) run—hornets will not follow you out of their territory
k) slowly cover your face, remain still for a while, then move gradually away
l) make as much noise as possible while keeping your mouth covered

5) In the arena, Katniss loses her hearing because of
m) an explosion
n) dehydration
o) a hand-to-hand combat wound

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How Would You Feel....

If you were always being watched? Katniss and Peeta and the other tributes must react for the camera from the moment they are chosen for the games, and in their totalitarian society, everyone must hide their dissent. How do you think your behavior would change if you knew that you were always being watched?

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?

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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?

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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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