Chapter 2 Questions

Chapter 2

1. How does Katniss save her sister from the reaping?

In the reaping Prim was chosen.And at first Katniss was in shock so bad it felt like when she once fell out of a tree and had knocked the air out of her.But when she did recover she volunteered herself to take Prim's place.Though Prim fought back not wanting Katniss to go.

2. Who is the boy tribute selected? How did he save Katniss life when she was 11?

The boy selected is a baker's son named Peeta.Who once saved Katniss's life.He saved her life by burning two loafs of bread to give it to Katniss.This resulted in Peeta getting a beating.Though Katniss found it hard to understand why he did it.

3. What kind of person do you think Peeta is? What evidence from the book led you to come to this conclusion?

I think Peeta is a generous, kind person that's probably always been well fed and is probably a richer than Katniss.The evidence I got from the book of him being generous or kind was when he gave the loaves of bread to Katniss.The evidence I got from the that his probably that his well fed is that his a baker's son so food probably came easy to him.And him being a baker's son makes him being richer than Katniss.

4. Why does seeing the dandelion after her father's death give Katniss hope?

When Katniss saw the dandelion it gave her hope because she remembered the hours spent in the woods with her dad.So she now new how she was going to survive.

Important Quotes (4 minimum)

"It was as if the impact had knocked every wisp of air from my lungs, and I lay there struggling to inhale' to exhale, to do anything" page 21 (Katniss)

"Starvation is never the cause of death officially."page 28 (Katniss)

"Feed it to the pig, you stupid creature!Why not? No one decent will buy burned bread!"page 30 (Peeta's mom)

"I thought of the hours spent in the woods with my father and I knew how we were going to survive."page 32 (Katniss)