What happens at the reaping?

Tributes are chosen for the Games

District 12 Quiz: Coal Mines, the Seam and the Reaping

This district 12 quiz walks the dusty streets of Panem's poorest district. Play 10 interactive questions on Suzanne Collins's 2008 novel, coal mining, the Seam where miners live, tesserae traded for grain, Katniss hunting beyond the fence with Gale, the Hob market, the reaping, Katniss volunteering for Prim, the mockingjay pin and Haymitch.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Author
Who wrote The Hunger Games?
Industry
What is District 12's main industry?
Seam
What is the Seam?
Tess
What are tesserae?
Hunt
Where does Katniss hunt illegally?
Gale
Who is Katniss's hunting partner?
Hob
What is the Hob?
Reap
What happens at the reaping?
Prim
Why does Katniss volunteer?
Mentor
Who is District 12's only living victor at the start?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who wrote The Hunger Games?
Answer: Suzanne Collins
Published in 2008.
Q2: What is District 12's main industry?
Answer: Coal mining
Hard, dangerous work.
Q3: What is the Seam?
Answer: The poorest area where miners live
Katniss's neighborhood.
Q4: What are tesserae?
Answer: Extra grain in exchange for extra name entries
A risky trade.
Q5: Where does Katniss hunt illegally?
Answer: Beyond the district fence
With her bow.
Q6: Who is Katniss's hunting partner?
Answer: Gale Hawthorne
A close friend.
Q7: What is the Hob?
Answer: A black market
Where people trade.
Q8: What happens at the reaping?
Answer: Tributes are chosen for the Games
Names drawn from bowls.
Q9: Why does Katniss volunteer?
Answer: To save her sister Prim
Prim's name was drawn.
Q10: Who is District 12's only living victor at the start?
Answer: Haymitch Abernathy
He becomes their mentor.

Coal Dust and the Reaping

In Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games, published in 2008, District 12 is Panem's poorest district, built around coal mining. Katniss Everdeen lives in the Seam, the poorest area where miners' families struggle to survive.

Families can take tesserae, extra grain, in exchange for more name entries in the reaping. Katniss hunts illegally beyond the district fence with her friend Gale Hawthorne and trades at the Hob, a black market.

At the reaping, when her sister Prim's name is drawn, Katniss volunteers to take her place. With baker's son Peeta Mellark, she is mentored by Haymitch Abernathy, District 12's only living victor. Her mockingjay pin becomes a symbol of hope.

What This Quiz Teaches

Book fans will enjoy these questions.

Who wrote the novel
What District 12 does
How families survive
What the reaping is
Who mentors the tributes

Did You Know?

District 12 sits in former Appalachia.
A three-finger salute shows respect.
Peeta's family runs a bakery.
Katniss is named after a plant.
The Capitol watches the Games on screens.