Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Mocking Jay by Suzanne Collins


Chapters 1 - 2
What was the fate of District 12?  Why were they punished?  What became of the people?
Vocabulary:
charred (3)
subside (4)
carrion (5)
pox (8)
lacerate (9)
enigmatic (12)
clandestine (17)

Chapters 3 - 4
Why does Katniss agree to become the Mocking Jay?  What does she ask for in return?
Vocabulary:
recuperate (32)
malice (39)
cowed (46)
pallor (48)
revoke (52)

Chapters 5 - 6
How have the rebels decided to film Katniss?  Who is in charge of her actions?  Who does she trust?
Vocabulary:
inflammatory (59)
vermin (60)
covert (62)
dissent (64)
brusque (82)
deprivation (83)

Chapters 7 - 8
Why are the images of Katniss in the propo so powerful for the people of Panem?
Vocabulary:
arbitrary (87)
duress (90)
appalled (92)
shrapnel (102)
flagrant (107)
mollified (109)

Chapters 9 - 10
Why do you think Peeta warned District 13?  How will he be punished for doing so?
Vocabulary:
remnant (120)
irrevocable (125)
tryst (125)
perplex (138)
irony (138)
exemplar (146)

Chapters 11 - 12
What broadcasts do Katniss nd Finnik send to distract the capitol?  Of the two, who's is more important?  Why?
Vocabulary:
adhere (153)
tedium (153)
hysteria (163)
sedate (166)
anesthetize (166)
exorbitant (170)

Chapters 13 - 14
Why does Katniss decide to focus on the war rather thand stay in District 13?  Why didn't she stay with Peeta?
Vocabulary:
allay (178)
elation (179)
lethargy (183)
subterranean (184)
innocuous (186)
lucid (188)

Chapters 15 - 16
How does Peeta feel about Katniss now?  Are these his real feelings?  How id Katniss responding?
Vocabulary:
obliterate (207)
disgorge (208)
evasive (213)
fixate (225)
spontaneity (229)
reproach (229)

Chapters 17 - 18
What is Katniss' role during the invasion?  Do you think she is useful?  Explain.
Vocabulary:
dishevel (234)
recuperate (234)
vendetta (234)
decadent (240)
censor (241)
abscond (251)
abrasive (254)

Chapters 19 - 20
Why is it important for the capitol to have people believe Katniss is dead?  What power does she have?
Vocabulary:
immunity (265)
remedy (270)
writhing (280)
ebb (281)
plausible (282)

Chapters 21 - 22
Who has been lost during the mission?  Why was Finnick's sacrifice so great?  What does he have waiting for him back home?
Vocabulary:
replica (292)
divvy (293)
eulogy (294)
proximity (304)
contort (311)

Chapters 23 - 24
How are the citizens of District 13 treated by the Peacekeepers and the rebels?
Vocabulary:
dissonant (318)
tawny (320)
decrepit (322)
consent (320)
swag (330)
terse (334)
elation (343)

Chapter 25 - Epilouge
What happens to Katniss Everdeen?  Does she ever become the same girl she was before the first hunger game?  Why?
Vocabulary:
saturate (348)
manacles (355)
irrefutable (360)
defile (362)
dissent (370)
atrocity (370)

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