Sunday, October 17, 2010

Hunger Games Chapter 16 Comprehension questions

Chapter 16

1. What is Katniss' offensive attack?
Katniss' offensive attack is too be the hunter not the runner. She wants to be the one to search for poeple  instead of running off likes she's been doing lately. She comes up with a plan now to go after the Careers. She decides to burn up all their food they have back at thier camp. She wants to see if they can survive the games without food. 

2. In what ways are the Careers at a disadvantage?
The careers are at a disadvantage towards food because never in thier life have they starved like Katniss and Rue have. They dont know how it feels like to live without being fed everyday. In their disrtict they were served daily to keep up thier raining since they are careers. And training is all they do back home to prepare for the Hunger games. 

3. What important information does Rue provide?
Rue provides Katniss with very important information about the careers. Rue tells Katniss everything she needs to know about The careers base. Rue has been in to spy on them briefly, but she's observant. She knows where they have set up and where thier supply stash is loacted. She lets Katniss know that they have a guard for whatch. Its a boy from District 3. Rue knows what weapons he holds and everything. 

4. What is Rue's favorite thing? How does this connect to Katniss?
Rue favorite thing is music. She loves singing. In her district they sing at home and at work too. She loves singing to the mockingjays. That why she loves Katniss gold pin she has. This is how it relates to Katniss. Rue tells her that they are her special friends back home. They sing back and forth with her all the time. They can even send messages. 

5. Why can't Katniss get to the bounty of supplies? How is she able to destroy it?
Katniss is unable to get to the bounty of supplies because she knows it has been booby trapped. she see's that it has been trapped with mines that were set up by the boy from District 3. Katniss is able to destroy it because she starts to throw her arrows at a bag full of apples. She knows the arrows will make a whole and let the apples fall onto the mines. And indeed it does happen. Each arrow she threw loosened the whole and all apples roll out onto the mines and everything explodes.! 

Important Quotes (4 minimum)
1. "That the Careers have been better fed growing up is actually to their disadvantage, because they don't know how to be hungry. Not the way Rue and I do. " (208) 
2. "I think of concealed pits, descending nets, a thread that when broken sends a poisonous dart into your heart . Really, the possibilities are endless."  pg. 216
3. "For a moment, everything seems frozen in time. Then the apples spill to the ground and I'm blown backward into the air." pg. 221
4. I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be."(pg.209)

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