Chapter 22 Summary:
- Kat is dreaming of home – wakes up to Peeta telling her there’s a lot of blood around her – from her head
- She is weak, Peeta feels much better after the shot of medicine
- It’s raining, the two of them have a moment – they kiss – Kat almost admits that she cares for him
- She drifts off to sleep
- Next day – raining all day, do nothing
- No more gifts arrive from Haymitch – Kat figures he’s looking for something more than a quick kiss
- She decides to try to get Peeta to talk about his crush on her – he does – said it started when he was 5
- Kat begins to realize that the two of them pretending to be in love may actually be true
- Kat tells him he doesn’t have any competition anywhere (for her affection)
- Parachute appears with rolls, goat cheese, apples, and lamb stew
- Peeta figures Haymitch got tired of watching them starve, Kat knows better
Chapter 23 Summary:
- They slowly eat some of the food
- They talk about how if they win the Games, that they’ll each have a house in Victor Village, alongside Haymitch
- They banter about Haymitch, knowing the crowd will eat it up
- Kat asks Peeta how he thinks Haymitch won the Games himself
- They decide he must have outsmarted the others
- The anthem plays, they learn that Thresh is dead
- Kat has mixed feelings, because he let her go, but it is one less tribute
- They surmise that Cato is likely injured, because he and Thresh likely battled it out. They think Foxface will be hard to catch
- They both agree that they can’t nod off on watch tonight
- Kat sleeps, Peeta’s on watch. She wakes up, eats, he sleeps
- There are 4 tributes left
- They eat, then decide to get on the move – to go to the camp where Kat and Rue were
- Peeta is so noisy walking through forest – he finally suggests that they split up, he can gather food, she can hunt. She’s afraid Cato will get him (vulnerable)
- Kat teaches Peeta an easy tune to whistle back and forth – she goes off, not far, gets 2 rabbits and a squirrel
- Realizes she hasn’t heard whistle for a while, runs back, sees Peeta’s stuff but not him
- He was collecting berries further downstream
- Peeta offers Kat some berries, she looks at them closely – recognizes them as “nightlock” = poisonous
- She also notices that part of the cheese is missing, but they both deny having eaten it
- Suddenly the cannon fires – Foxface is dead – she ate the cheese and the berries
- Peeta realizes it’s his kill
Chapter 24 Summary:
- Peeta is about to throw away the poisonous berries, but Kat decides to put them in a pouch and maybe drop it (in case Cato comes along, he might eat them)
- They decide to build a fire to cook rabbits and squirrel
- They watch for Cato, he doesn’t come
- They pack up, on the move again. Peeta asks if they can go back to cave, Kat agrees.
- They travel through water (quieter)
- Get to cave, Peeta sleeps. Kat thinks of Cato, what his angle might be
- They figure the Gamemakers will try to do something to get the 3 of them together soon
- They go down to stream to wash up, the stream is bone dry. They figure they’re herding them to the lake, in the open, for a bloody battle.
- They leave cave, check ponds for water, bone dry
- Head to the plain – it’s early evening
- They wait by the lake in plain sight
- Kat sings, mockingjays mimic her, then they start making strange noises
- Suddenly, Cato is running full speed out of the woods, running towards them
- Kat shoots an arrow at his chest, it falls aside. He has on armor, but no other weapons
- He runs straight through Kat and Peeta
- They see creatures leaping onto the plain
- They take off in the same direction as Cato
STUDENT FOLLOW-UPS:
CHAPTER 22 FOLLOW UP:
- Haymitch sends them a food gift. How do Peeta and Kat interpret Haymitch’s reasoning for sending the gift so differently?
- Find 5 tricky vocabulary words, and write each of them in a sentence of your own.
CHAPTER 23 FOLLOW UP:
- Why does Kat have mixed feelings when she learns of Thresh’s death?
- How does Foxface die?
CHAPTER 24 FOLLOW UP:
- Why was the stream completely dried up?
- Write a summary of Chapter 24.
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