Catching Fire. Please answer the questions as you read. Each section is clearly
marked to help you locate which chapters the questions are meant for. Do not ...
Catching Fire Please answer the questions as you read. Each section is clearly marked to help you locate which chapters the questions are meant for. Do not wait until you have finished the book(s) to answer the questions as doing so will ruin the effect the questions are meant to have on the experience. Part I “The Spark” Chapters 1-3 1. When does the Capitol do the Victory Tour? Why then? 2. Why does Haymitch sleep with one hand wrapped around a knife? 3. Why would Katniss say that President Snow’s threats are ambiguous? 4. Name one of the few times Katniss feels good about winning the games. 5. How do you think Katniss can aim higher and convince the president? What should she do? 6. What is the Quarter Quell? 7. What is so interesting about Katniss’ chosen talent? 8. What is “Ermine”?
Chapters 4-6
9. What does Katniss’ prep team consider a national emergency? 10. Why does Peeta’s offer make Katniss feel less duplicitous? 11. Why was the old man shot in District 11? What worried Katniss about her speech? 12. Why does Katniss think President Snow has a right to be worried about District 11? 13. So a marriage proposal is not enough for President Snow. What will it take to convince him? Can he be pacified?
14. How do people in the Capitol enjoy all of the food at parties? What other famous civilization in our history did this? 15. What calms Peeta down after having a nightmare? Why? 16. Do you think people in District 8 are waving the posters of Katniss as a protest against her or for her? Explain your answer.
Chapters 7-9 17. Why is a Mockingjay the perfect symbol for a rebellion? 18. What makes Katniss’ Mom such a good healer? 19. Why does Katniss believe she is a coward? Is she right? Why or why not? 20. What are the two reasons Katniss decides to rebel? 21. What is the only bright spot the new conditions in District 12 bring on?
Part II “The Quell” Chapters 10-12 22. If District 13 was not completely destroyed, why would the Capitol allow it to continue to exist? 23. Why does Katniss believe Haymitch and Peeta have lasted this long? 24. What is the first normal thing Peeta and Katniss do together? 25. Do you think the President had anything to do with the instructions for the selection of tributes for the 75th anniversary of the games? Explain why or why not.
Chapters 13-15 26. What are Katniss, Peeta, and Haymith’s reasons for keeping each other alive in the Quarter Quell? What is the final agreement?
27. Why did the post-reaping ritual change? What effect do you think the capitol was hoping for? 28. Who is Maysilee Donner? How is Katniss connected to her? 29. How did Haymitch win the 50th anniversary games? 30. Why is this new persona that Cinna and Portia have created for the opening ceremonies so natural for Katniss? 31. What disturbs Haymitch so much about the “matching” set of avoxes assigned to the District 12 tributes these games?
Chapter 16-18 32. Thinking about whom the tributes are in these games, how are they different from last year’s games? How does this affect Haymitch’s strategy and advice to his tributes? 33. What group would Katniss have fit in with in a normal public school like the ones we have? 34. What inspired at least half of the tributes to request alliance with Katniss? 35. Why is what Katniss did during her private session so shocking to the Gamemakers? 36. Why does Katniss believe Peeta is more valuable alive and she is of more value dead? 37. What are your thoughts about Katniss’ prep team? Explain. 38. How are the wedding traditions of District 12 similar or different from your culture?
Part III “The Enemy” Chapters 19-21 39. What convinces Katniss to trust Finnick? Why does this make her mad? 40. What is Peeta’s token? Why could this be bad for him?
41. If the Hunger Games are about surviving by killing everyone else, then why did Finnick save Peeta? 42. What is an Awl? How is that useful to the group? 43. What are the deadly symptoms of the fog? 44. Why did Mags run into the mist?
Chapters 22-24 45. Why would Johanna get Wiress and Beetee for Katniss? 46. Why does Wiress keep saying “tick tock”? 47. Why would Plutarch Heavensbee give Katniss a clue? 48. What do you think is going on with Peeta? 49. Why did Annie win her games? 50. After reading Chapter 24, who do you think Katniss should choose: Gale or Peeta?
Chapters 25-27 51. Why did Katniss not shoot Enobaria? 52. What were the signals for the breakout? What did each mean? 53. Where are Katniss’ Mom and Prim? 54. Before reading Mockingjay, think about where the story leaves off at the end of Catching Fire. What will happen to Peeta? Will Katniss recover? What will happen next? Explain how you think the next book will play out.
