Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Hunger Games Chapter 7 Comprehension questions.

1. what are the Pro's and Cons' of Peeta and Katniss working togther.?
 The Pro's of Peeta and Katniss working together is they can help eachother out with thier training. They will be able to have someone telling them right from wrong. Good workmanship would give them a big boost on television. The con's of them working togther is that maybe one might be better than the other so the other person knows your strengths. and maybe if you suck at something, they will know your weekness.

2. What reasons does Peeta give for thinking Katniss will be better than him in the arena?
He tells Katniss that he knows she's a good hunter. That she's good with the bow and arrow. He always eats the squirells she trades with him. He tells that Katniss always shoots the eye of the squirrel and never pierces the body. And that she's good with rabbits and deer as well.

3. What are career tributes and how are they a threat?
Career tributes are those who have been training thier whole life for the hunger games. They've already had all the practice and know what they are doing. However this is a threat to all the other tributes because some are  absolutley knew to this and have no training att all. They'll be crushed by these tributes.

4. What does Katniss do to get the Gamemakers attention?
Katniss gets fustrated that the gamemakers are not paying any attention to her training. Instead they daze off looking at a roast pig that had just arrived at the table for them to eat. Katniss gets her arrow and shoots the arrow right into the apple inside the raosted pigs mouth and walks away from them.

important quotes:
1. "My slumbers are filled with disturbing dreams. The face of the redhead girl interwines with gory images from earlier hunger games, with my mother withdrwan and unreachable, with prim emaciated and terrified. I bolt up screaming for my father to run as the mine explodes into a million deadly bits of light" pg. 86
2. "You know what my mother said to me when she came to say goodbye, as if to cheer me up, she says maybe District 12 will finally have a winner. then i realized, she didnt mean me, she meant you!" pg. 90
3. "Never underestimate strength in the arena" pg. 91
4. "Suddenly im furious, that with my life on the line, they dont even have the democracy to pay attention to me."pg 101

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