British Council Reading, The Hunger Games, part II, multiple choice
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Where did the idea for The Hunger Games come from?
One night in 2003, Suzanne Collins was watching TV. It was at the time of the US invasion of Iraq. The only programmes she could find on TV were ‘reality programmes of young people competing to win a million dollars and news programmes about the war. Suzanne says that the two things started to mix
together in her head and she had the idea for The Hunger Games.
She has always found news programmes of wars upsetting. When she was a child, her father was a pilot in
the US air force and he fought in Vietnam. It was a very frightening experience for her.
Too much violence?
Some parents in the US have complained about the violence in the book. But Suzanne says she was very worried about how much violence we see on TV nowadays. Suzanne is also worried about the amount of reality TV we watch. ‘We put too much of our lives on TV,’ she says. ‘And we care less for people because
of this.’ She said that writing about death and violence in the story was the hardest thing for her to do and she hopes it will make people think about what they watch in future.
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In what year did Suzanne Collins get the idea for The Hunger Games?
2003
1999
2012
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Which two types of television programs mixed together in Suzanne's head to inspire the book?
Cooking shows and sports events
Reality competitions and war news
Cartoons and historical documentaries
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What was the prize for the young people competing on the reality shows Suzanne saw?
A new house
A trip around the world
A million dollars
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What did Suzanne's father do when she was a child?
He was a US Air Force pilot who fought in Vietnam
He was a television news reporter covering the war in Iraq
He was a reality TV show producer
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Why have some parents in the US complained about The Hunger Games?
Because they thought the book was too long and boring
Because of the violence in the book
Because it did not have enough reality TV elements
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What did Suzanne say was the hardest thing for her to do when writing the story?
