The Hunger Games ~ Ch. 14

Chapter 14

1. Who helps Katniss escape from the Careers? How? 

~ Peeta is the one who helps her escape from the Careers. He helps her escape by telling her to run away. He also pushes Cato out of the way when he was going towards her.

2. What does Haymitch send Katniss? 

~ Haymitch sends her a small pot of medicine. She thinks it was really expensive. She says it must have took a lot of sponsors to get it. The medicine was for her burns. That is what Haymitch sends Katniss.

3. What does Katniss get from Glimmer's body? Why is this so important to her? 

~ Katniss gets the arrows from Glimmer's body. This is important to her because shooting arrows is her strongest skill. She learned how to shoot arrows from her father. This gives her an advantage because she can shoot from above. That is why the arrows are important to Katniss.

4. What does Peeta do when he finds her? 

~ Peeta gets upset with Katniss. He tells her that she should have been running by now. She should have been hiding by now. He tells her to leave because the remaining Careers were going after her. He also helps Katniss run away when Cato was running toward Katniss getting ready to kill her, but Peeta pushed him away from Katniss.

5. What are the effects of the tracker jacker stings on Katniss? 

~ The tracker jacker stings make her hallucinate. She sees butterflies the size of houses, ants crawling up her arm, and trees turning into blood. When she wants to get the bow and arrows from Glimmer, she is grossed out. She is grossed out because glimmers body turns into like a green slime. Those are the effects on Katniss that the tracker jackers gave her.

Important Quotes 
~ " I inch back down to my fork to find the best surprise I've ever had. Sitting on my sleeping bag is a small plastic pot attached to a silver parachute. " (188)
~ " ' Oh, Haymitch, ' I whisper. ' Thank you. ' He has not abandoned me. Not left me to fend entirely for myself. "  (188)
~ " I've just encircled the sheath with my arms when I hear the footsteps, several pairs, coming through the underbrush, and I realize that the Careers have come back. They've come back to kill me or get their weapons or both." (193)
~ " Sick and disoriented, I'm able to form only one thought: Peeta Mellark just saved my life. "