The document outlines characters and concepts from 'Catching Fire', the second book in the Hunger Games series, highlighting the relationships and roles of key figures such as Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, and Haymitch Abernathy, along with important symbols like the mockingjay and the cornucopia. It describes the setting and societal issues within Panem, including scarcities faced by District 12 and the dynamics of the Quarter Quell. Key themes of love, rebellion, and survival are woven throughout the descriptions of the Hunger Games' brutal realities.

2. A - Allies
What Katniss Everdeen
and Peeta Mellark need
a lot of in the Quarter
Quell to stay alive.

3. B - Berries (Nightlock)
Flashbacks to The Hunger
Games during the book
about eating the berries.
Cause insanity among
districts as they are
viewed as defiance
against the Capitol.
Symbol of a desperate
girl trying to save her
lover.

4. C - Cornucopia
Essential to every
Hunger Games.
Contains all of the
supplies and weapons
in the arena.
Generally golden in
color and very large.
On an island in the 75th
Games.

5. D - Darius
Peacekeeper in District
12.
Frequents the Hob for
Greasy Sae’s soup and
stew.
Is beaten and turned
into an Avox for Katniss
and Peeta.

6. E - Effie Trinket
District 12’s escort to
the Capitol for the
Games.
Reads names of chosen
tributes.
Best known for her pink
hair, flamboyancy, and
overall perkiness.

7. F - Food
A scarcity in District 12
Abundant in the Capitol
Described in great
detail by Suzanne
Collins for the most
part. Some food isn’t
described.

8. G - Gale Hawthorne
Best friend of Katniss
since childhood.
Hunting partner of
Katniss in the forest
outside 12.
Could-be lover of
Katniss as he has kissed
her before.
Rescuer of Katniss from
Quarter Quell.

9. H - Haymitch Abernathy
District 12 Mentor of
Katniss and Peeta.
District drunkard as he is
almost always drunk.
Supplied white liquor by
Katniss before Games.
Helps Gale rescue Katniss
and others.
Victor of 50th
Hunger
Games, Second Quarter
Quell.

10. I - Infection
Could come from
scratching wounds left
by poisonous fog.

11. J - Jabberjay
Capitol muttations for
spying.
Mated with mockingbirds
to make Mockingjays.
Can repeat all human
sounds like
conversations.
Used as a torture device
in the 4-5 o’clock zone in
Games.

12. K - Katniss Everdeen
Katniss is the narrator
of Catching Fire.
She is 17 years old.
She is the protagonist
and female tribute of
District 12.
She is an excellent
hunter and
tremendously
resourceful.

13. L - Love
What everyone in Panem
thinks Peeta and Katniss
are in.
It is an act so they could
stay together, they have
to keep it up and possibly
get married.
Katniss is supposedly
pregnant during the 75th
Hunger Games.
Loving each other could
get them sponsors.

14. M - Mockingjay
Jabberjays and mockingbirds
mated to create mockingjays.
Can only mimic human sounds,
not speech.
Madge gave Katniss a
mockingjay pin
Used as a symbol of the
rebellion.
Katniss becomes a figural
Mockingjay before the Quarter
Quell, and the mockingjay
figure of the rebels.

15. N - Nightmares
Katniss and Peeta suffer
from nightmares before,
during, and after the
Games.
Very intense recollections
of Hunger Games
memories, or anything
related to them.

16. O - Octavia
Member of Katniss’s
prep team.
Is constantly
reinventing Katniss
from “Beauty Base
Zero.”
Is always the color of
peas, skin coloring is all
the rage in the Capitol.
Is extremely sad when
Katniss has to go back
Actress who plays Octavia
(Bruce Bundy)

17. P - Peeta Mellark
District 12’s male
tribute.
Peeta has been in love
with Katniss since they
were younger.
A second main
character in Catching
Fire.
Is captured by the
Capitol at the end of
the Quarter Quell.

18. Q - Quarter Quell
The QQ takes place every
25 years and is a “glorified
version” of the Games.
Haymitch was the winner
of the 2nd
QQ, which
doubled tributes to 48
from 24.
Generally has a special
twist supposedly written
in the Dark Days.

19. R - Reaping
A day that happens once
a year where tributes are
picked for Games.
12’s is led by Effie
Trinket.
Happens in every district,
except the Capitol.
People can volunteer for
tribute at any time.

20. S - Sponsors
Are people who see
potential in the players.
Provide them with food
and sometimes weapons.
Capitol people bet on
winner.
Pool money for meds and
emergency items during
Games.
Generally reside in the
Capitol.

21. T - Training Center
A skyscraper located in the
Capitol.
Tributes live and train there for
the Games.
Their mentor, escort, stylist,
and prep team stay with them.
Each District has its own floor.
Underground level is full of
training stations.
Sponsors and Gamemakers
watch Tributes practice.

22. U - Uprising
Original was in Dark Days with
people trying to overthrow the
Capitol.
Caused by Katniss trying to be
brave and protect her and Peeta
in the 74th
Games.
Secondary cause is Cinna
(Karniss’s Stylist) turning Katniss
into a Mockingjay by altering her
wedding dress.
Started in District Eight in
Catching Fire and spread
throughout Panem.

23. V - Victor’s Village
A separate community, built
around a beautiful garden,
containing 12 huge houses for
12 possible Victors from District
12.
Haymitch has lived there alone
for 20+ years.
Katniss and Peeta joined him
after winning the 74th Hunger
Games.
Victors’ families live with them
and become wealthier than
everyone else.

24. W - Wiress and Beetee
District 3 tributes.
Technologically inclined.
Nicknamed “Nuts & Volts.”
Wiress is about Mrs.
Everdeen’s age and is quiet
and intellectual.
Beetee is older, somewhat
fidgety, and wears glasses.
He loves the wire he
invented.
Actors for Wiress and Beetee

25. X - Xanadu
An allusion to the Capitol of
Panem.
Xanadu means “a place of
great beauty, luxury, and
contentment.”
The Capitol is very luxurious
and beautiful in a twisted
way.
The people are very content
in the Capitol.
The Capitol is creepy
beautiful.

26. Y - Yearn
All Tributes yearn to
leave the Games and to
not be in the Games.
The citizens of 12 yearn
for food everyday. So
do several other
districts.
Pres. Snow yearned for
Katniss to control the
uprising among the
Districts.

27. Z - Zone
The Districts of Panem
including the capitol are
zones.
Each one is different.
Each one produces
something different than
the other ones.
Poorest are the outermost
lying ones, while the richer
Districts are close to the
Capitol.