Sunday, October 3, 2010

Hunger Games Chapter 13 Comprehension Questions



1. What new threat does Katniss face?
A new threat Katniss faces is having the woods on fire! she awakes and finds herself in the buring woods. She gets up and runs as fast as possible to escape. Then fireballs the size of big apples start shooting out from the sky. Its gotten so dangerous for her. All of a sudden her pants catch on fire. Her leg gets burned from the incident. Katniss is worried about her breathing because all the smoke she is inhaling is getting her breathing bad. 

2. How do the Gamemakers control the events of the Games?
The gamemakers sit in a room full of controls. They can control the game by a push of a button. They can trigger anything that could end your life in a second if they wanted. They only use this to heat up the moments in games. If they see that there is no action, they can do whatever they want to the game to make it more interesting for the audience. The last thing they want is for their people to get bored with the show. They need excitment to keep the show going.

3. What slows Katniss down? 
Katniss's burned leg slows her down. she burned her leg from the fireballs thrown at her. Its affecting her alot. she knows she cant go on walking for much so she  settles on a tree. Her hands were also not in good condition. They got small burns from the fire. It was hard for her to climb the tree because of her hands. she still did it though. Her breathing was still another problem for her. all that smoke made it bad. 

4. Who finds her?
All the careers find plus petta find her up in the tree while they whatch her from down below. They try shooting her from below. Later they decide to wait for her to come down by herself. they realize she has no where else to go. They sit at the trunk of the tree gathered all togther and just wait. Katniss has no problem she lays their in the tree thinking of a plan. as she her eyes wander into the other trees she see's a pair of eyes. at first thinking it was some sort of animal, but she then looks closely and see's its no animal. Its Rue!

Important Quotes (4 minimum)
1. "The real sport of the hunger games is watching the tributes kill one another."pg.177
2. "I'm fast, though, and by the time they've reached the base of my trunk, I'm twenty feet up. For a moment, we stop and survey one another. I hope they can't hear the pounding of my heart."  pg. 181
3. "There's no time to judge if a move is the correct one. When there's a hiss, I act or die"(pg.175)
4. "In the last dim rays of light, I make her out, watching me silently from between the branches. Rue."(pg.184)

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