The Hunger Games

Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Part 1, Chapters 1-5

Reading Check

1. How many districts are now in Panem?

2. Which district rebelled?

3. What were Jabberjays used for?

4. Who is the mentor for District 12?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What is life like for the people of District 12?

2. How do people support Katniss when she volunteers to take her sister’s place?

3. How does Cinna design the outfits for the opening ceremony?

Paired Resource

“Poverty”

• Poem by Jane Taylor
• Connection to the theme of The Disparity Between the Oppressor and the Oppressed
• What text details reveal the poverty in District 12? How do similar visual images show poverty in the poem?

Inequality Facts

• Pew Research Center article including charts and descriptions that explore facts about inequality
• Connection to the theme of The Disparity Between the Oppressor and the Oppressed
• Where can we see inequalities in The Hunger Games?

Part 1, Chapters 6-9

Reading Check

1. How does Peeta use his training as a baker to prepare for the games?

2. Who reminds Katniss of Prim?

3. What scores do Katniss and Peeta get from the Gamemakers?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What is an Avox?

2. How does Peeta reveal his crush on Katniss?

Paired Resource

“Dark Lines”

• Brief, interconnected poems by Lily Olsen
• Connections to themes of Survival and Sacrifice; Duplicity, Deception, and the Line Between Fiction and Reality; and The Disparity Between the Oppressor and the Oppressed
• How do these brief poems echo realities in Panem?

Part 2, Chapters 10-14

Reading Check

1. What does Katniss grab from the Cornucopia?

2. Where does Katniss sleep?

3. After the fire, what gift does Haymitch send Katniss?

4. What does Katniss drop on the Careers?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How does Katniss react after Peeta confesses his love?

2. What does Haymitch say about Peeta’s confession?

3. What are some dangers Katniss faces in the games?

Part 2, Chapters 15-18

Reading Check

1. With whom does Katniss form an alliance?

2. What does Katniss try to destroy in the Careers’ camp?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How does Katniss lose her hearing?

2. What do the cannons reveal as Katniss runs away from the Careers’ camp?

3. Why does District 11 send Katniss bread?

4. What rule change do the Gamemakers announce?

Paired Resource

“Life Kit: Survival 101 With Bear Grylls”

• NPR article with survival advice from a famous adventurer
• Connection to the theme of Survival and Sacrifice
• What survival challenges does Katniss face, and what actions help her survive?

Part 3, Chapters 19-23

Reading Check

1. What does Katniss get at the “feast” the Capitol arranges?

2. How does Foxface die?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why doesn’t Thresh kill Katniss at the “feast”?

2. How does Katniss imagine her future if she wins the games?

Part 3, Chapters 24-27

Reading Check

1. At the end, where do the Gamemakers force everyone in the games?

2. What chases Cato?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How do Katniss and Peeta win the games?

2. What does Haymitch reveal to Katniss after the games?

Recommended Next Reads

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

• Second book in the Hunger Games trilogy
• Katniss and Peeta try to adjust to life after the Hunger Games, but the Capitol is not finished with them.
• Connections to themes of Survival and Sacrifice; Duplicity, Deception, and the Line Between Fiction and Reality; and The Disparity Between the Oppressor and the Oppressed
• Catching Fire on SuperSummary

Pure by Julianna Baggott

• Years after explosions changed the world, society is divided between those living in poverty outside the globe and those living in safety and luxury inside.
• Connections to dystopian settings and situations
• Connections to themes of Survival and Sacrifice; Duplicity, Deception, and the Line Between Fiction and Reality; and The Disparity Between the Oppressor and the Oppressed