Category: To Kill a Mockingbird

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Chapter 14

What is the main idea of this chapter?

What is a tracker jacker?

What does Haymitch do to help Katniss?

What does Katniss do before she made the tracker jacker nest drop?

Look at the section where Katniss is in the tree listening to the anthem and sees that there were no deaths that day. She thinks, "The audience will be sated seeing me injured and treed and the pack below me."

In this context, what does "sated" mean?

Look at the section where Katniss returns to the tree and sees Glimmer's body after being stung by the tracker jackers. Suzanne Collins writes, "Her features eradicated, her limbs three times their normal size."

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

Is there anything that is unclear in this chapter?

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Question #6

Select all the facts that helped Katniss figure out the supplies are booby trapped with explosives.

She realizes that the boy from District 3 knows about electronics.

She sees Foxface sneak up to the pile carefully avoiding certain spots.

Rue saw the boy from District 3 setting explosives and told Katniss about it.

She remembers the mines surrounding the tributes' circles at the start of the games.

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Question #5

Look at the section of chapter twenty–one where Katniss kisses Peeta goodbye. The author writes, "I imagine the teary sighs emanating from the Capitol and pretend to brush away a tear of my own."

In this context, what does "emanating" mean?





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Chapter 9

What is the main idea of this chapter?

What does Haymitch tell Peeta and Katniss right before they go onstage for their interviews?

What is "a little scary" about Caesar Flickerman?

Which option describes Thresh, the male tribute from District 11?

Look at the section at the beginning of chapter nine where Katniss feels betrayed that Peeta asked to be coached separately. She thinks "…I'm relieved that we can stop the pretense of being friends."

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

Look at the section of chapter nine where Rue has her interview with Caesar. Rue says, "'I'm very hard to catch'" "in a tremulous voice."

In this context, what does "tremulous" mean?

Is there anything that is unclear in this chapter?