Chapter 1

What is chapter one mainly about?

How did Katniss learn to hunt?

Why won't Katniss and Gale run away?

The system is organized so there are odds about who will become tribute. Who is the most likely to be chosen as a tribute based on these odds?

How old is Katniss?

How does a tribute win the hunger games?

Haymitch Abernathy is District 12's only surviving winner of the Games. Which description best explains who Haymitch is now?

Look at the section of chapter one where Suzanne Collins describes the history of Panem and the Hunger Games. She writes, "… the uprising of the districts against the Capitol. Twelve were defeated, the thirteenth obliterated."

In this context, what is the definition of "obliterated"?

Look at the section of chapter one where the mayor gives his annual speech and says, "It is both a time for repentance and a time for thanks."

In this context, what does "repentance" mean?

Is there anything that is unclear in this chapter?