Hunger Games and Zlata's Diary Review Test

1. In The Hunger Games, who said he has had a crush on Katniss for a long time?

Cinna

Gayle

Peeta

The career tributes

Jaelin

2. In The Hunger Games, Katniss hasn't had a drink of water in over a day. She is suffering from what?

Deliberation

Decomposure

Dehydration

Depression

Demarcation

3. Is Zlata's Diary fiction or non-fiction?

Fiction

Non-fiction

4. In The Hunger Games, Katniss wants to camouflage (a word from French) her orange backpack. What does camouflage mean? Use the pictures to help you with this vocabulary word.

To paint eyelids with colorful designs

To spray paint yourself and a wall

To hunt in green forests

To hide or blend in with surroundings; the disguising especially of military equipment or installations with paint, nets, or foliage

To dress exactly like Rachell Owens so no one can tell you two apart

5. In Zlata's Diary, Zlata plays a musical instrument and sings. Which musical instrument does Zlata play?

Violin

Cello

Drums

Piano

Harmonica

6. Who is the main character of The Hunger Games?

Peeta Mellark

Cinna

Haymitch Abernathy

Dalmar McCreary

Katniss Everdeen

7. Why couldn't Zlata go to school?

She was too scared to go.

Her parents wouldn't let her go.

Her teacher was killed.

The schools were bombed and closed.

Because she had to stay and take care of her friend, Shawna Austin.

8. In The Hunger Games, Peeta wants to show the Capitol that they don't _________ him; that he is more than a piece in their games.

Want

Own

Kill

Understand

Fear

9. In The Hunger Games, what unfortunate color is the backpack Katniss picks up at the beginning of the games?

Yellow

Glow-in-the-dark

Pink

Orange

White

10. In Zlata's Diary, she refers to the shellings and the city being shelled. What does she mean? Use the picture to help you with this vocabulary word.

Shells, like a seashell found in the ocean

Shelling means the city was being protected.

Shells are an artillery projectile, cartridge case dispersed when the container burst after leaving the gun

Shelling means to take mollusks out of their shell to eat the food inside.

Shells are the outside of a turtle used to protect in war.

11. In The Hunger Games, why are Peeta's hands wrapped in bandages?

To keep them warm.

To look like he was hurt--faking an injury so other tributes wouldn't kill him.

Because he broke his wrists in a fist fight.

Katniss shot her arrow through his hands after she shot the apple in the pig's mouth.

12. In Zlata's Diary, many families are moving from their homes but not because they want to, it is because they have to in order to stay alive. What is this called?

Cowards.

Exile.

Bulldog Pride.

Vacation.

13. In Zlata's Diary, Zlata lives with her parents in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Does she have any siblings?

Yes--Mirna and Nina are her sisters.

No, she is an only child.

Yes, Mimmy is her sister.

No, her brother died in the war.

14. In The Hunger Games, why did Katniss score an eleven after her private session with the game makers?

Because she couldn't shoot very well.

Because she shot an apple in the pig's mouth on the game makers' table.

Because Gabrielle Grajeda was one of the game makers.

Because she was so nice.

Because Peeta paid them to give her that score.

15. What country does this flag represent?

District 12

The Capitol

Yugoslavia

Bosnia-Herzgovinia

The United States of Beveridge

16. Is The Hunger Games fiction or non-fiction?

Fiction

Non-fiction

17. In The Hunger Games, Caesar dyes his hair to match the hue of his eyelids and lips every year. What does hue mean? Use the pictures to help you define this vocabulary word.

Crazy

Color

Design

Shape

Rainbow

18. Just like Romeo and Juliet, everyone keeps referring to Katniss and Peeta as star-crossed lovers. What does that mean?

Their astrological signs cross in the sky--like Aries and Scorpio.

They get four stars for being so lucky in love.

They are movie stars and famous for being in love--like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

That they are in love like the star Ariel Freeman.

An unlucky pair of lovers that fate will end the relationship in tragedy.

19. In The Hunger Games, Katniss was supposed to gush when Caesar asked her questions about the Capitol. Instead, she took Cinna's advice and was honest. When asked what has most impressed her about the Capitol in contrast to District 12, she said what?

Katniss said the shower was most impressive.

Katniss said the trains were most impressive.

Katniss said the make-up artists were most impressive.

Katniss said the lamb stew with dried plums was most impressive.

Katniss said that Donovan Patchin was most impressive.

20. In Zlata's Diary, Zlata just got a new cat. What did she name the cat?

Cecelia

Cici

Bulldog

Grbavica

Miljacka

21. Read this exerpt from Zlata's Diary and then answer the question.

Excerpt: "I'm writing to you again by the light of one of my favorite candles. I lit it with a heavy heart." page 88

Question: What does 'heavy heart' mean?

Her heart feels overweight and she needs to go on a diet.

It means that the candles were heavy.

She had a heart-shaped lighter or matches.

Melancholy; depressed; sad. When your heart is weighted down by sorrow.

22. In Zlata's Diary, Zlata had many friends in Sarajevo. But after the war started, most of them moved away to avoid the danger. One of her closest friends was killed when "a piece of shrapnel lodged in her brain and she died". What was this dear departed friend's name?

Bojana

Matea

Nina

Nancy

Martina

23. In The Hunger Games, what vocabulary word described Katniss when Cinna styled and dressed her? Use the picture below to choose the right word for this.

Radiant

Mediocre

Camouflaged

Emaciated

Incompetent

24. In The Hunger Games, Katniss is mad about Peeta's statement on TV. However, Haymitch thinks it did her good. Why does he think so?

Haymitch thinks Katniss and Peeta would make a good couple.

Haymitch wanted to make Katniss mad and he got what he wanted.

Haymitch thinks Peeta made a fool of himself and now Katniss looks better in contrast.

25. In The Hunger Games, Haymitch's advice was that Katniss and Peeta should do what first?

Get as many supplies from the cornucopia as possible.

Find food.

Kill many tributes.

Find water.

Make friends with Ryan Moore so he can help them.

26. What continent is Bosnia-Herzgovinia part of?

Africa

North America

South America

Europe

Australia

27. What is the name of country in which Zlata lives?

District 12

Herzgovinia

Bosnia-Herzgovinia

Bosnia

Yugoslavia

28. In The Hunger Games, why does Katniss put iodine in her water bottle?

To give her extra strength.

She likes the taste of iodine.

Because iodine makes water last longer.

Because she likes science and was trying an experiment.

The iodine purifies the water so she can drink it without getting sick.

29. In The Hunger Games, Katniss uses this to hold her arrows. What is it?

Quill

Quicksilver

Quitter

Quiver

Quilt

30. In Zlata's Diary, a question about the war: Three ethnic groups were fighting for power in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Which of these is NOT one?

Bosnian Serbs

Muslims

Aryans

Bosnian Croats

31. In The Hunger Games, catacombs are beneath the arena where the launch room is. This is where Katniss prepares for the games, but the Districts call the launch room the stockades. What does the definition of catacomb and stockade have in common?

They have nothing in common.

A catacomb is the same thing as a stockade.

32. The copyright of The Hunger Games is 2008 and the copyright of Zlata's Diary is 1994, which author wrote their book first?

Suzanne Collins

Zlata Filipovic

Mason McIntire

Julissa Mayo

Dominick Redden

33. Which of these things do Zlata and Katniss have in common?

They are from the same country.

They are friends with Zitlaly Romero.

They know what it is like to go without water due to hard times.

They are learning to survive something difficult at a young age.

Both C and D

34. In Zlata's Diary, she writes in her diary that: April 4, 1992 was Bairam which is a religious holiday in her country. Bosnia-Herzgovinia has people who are from different religions. What is the name of the religion that celebrates Bairam, the end of Ramadan or fasting?

Buddhism

Baha'i

Christianity

Judaism

Islam

35. During what years did the Bosnian war take place?

1981-1983

2009-2010

1991-1993

2001-2003

It is a make believe place and hasn't truly happened.

36. In The Hunger Games, Haymitch Abernathy tells Katniss that it only matters how others perceive you. What does that mean?

That it only matters how others think they see who you are, not what is truth.

Perceive is the same as proceed and it means how others come before you.

Perceive is like perception, how something is viewed or a perspective.

Perceive is like conceive and it means to be born.

Both A and C

37. In The Hunger Games, what does it mean when a cannon is shot?

It means that they are ready to start the games.

It represents when Rosa Hulbert gets 100% on the test.

It means that another city was bombed in Sarajevo.

It represents the death of a tribute.

It means that Rue outran another close call.

38. Zlata has a beloved pet, named Cicko. What is Cicko?

Hamster

Dog

Mouse

Canary

Cat

39. In The Hunger Games, Katniss describes Prim as emaciated and that many people from District 12 were the same. What does emaciated (from Latin) mean?

It is like emancipated and it means you are free.

It means you are too little to be eligible.

It means that they were angry they had to be reaped for the Hunger Games.

It means they like to have Reader's Cafe at lunch.

It means the body shrinks to nothing; to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin

40. UNICEF asked for diaries to publish and Zlata's Diary was submitted and was published--this is how we are reading her account of the Bosnian war. What does UNICEF stand for?

United Nations Internal Children's Exile Fund

Under Nourished Impoverished Children's Emergency Foundation

Universal Noble International Children's Foundation

Originally United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund is now known as United Nations Children's Fund.

United Nations International Children's Exile Foundation

41. Read this excerpt from The Hunger Games, then answer the question.

Excerpt:"But it's tempting, so tempting, when I see the bounty waiting there before me. And I know that if I don't get it, someone else will. That the Career Tributes who survive the bloodbath will divide up most of the life-sustaining spoils. Something catches my eye. There, resting on a mound of blanket rolls, is a silver sheath of arrows and a bow, already strung, just waiting to be engaged. That's mine, I think. It's meant for me."

Question: Why does Katniss think the silver sheath of arrows and bow are hers?

Her name, Katniss Everdeen, is printed on it.

Haymitch told her it would be there waiting for her, as a gift from her sponsors.

Because shooting with a bow and arrow is her main skill.

Because the Career Tributes left them for her to give her a head start.

Xxxxx

42. Zlata, too young to understand (or be told) the reasons for the civil war, blamed what she called "politics" for destroying her beloved city, aging her parents and making her friends move away (or worse). Often she would lament and curse the foolishness and immaturity of the people she could not name who were responsible for the war. What did Zlata almost always refer to politicians as?

"infants"

"babies"

"children"

"kids"

"democrats"