12. A complication of the probability of being chosen for the Hunger Games occurs because the government allows children to take tesserae, a stipend of food and oil for their starving families, in exchange for extra entries into the
drawing. We know from the novel that Gale Hawthorne has taken tesserae enough times to have 42 slips in the
drawing at age 18. In a situation where the numbers in District 12 correlated to Table 2. what is Gale's probability of
being chosen in the Reaping, and how does it compare to that of an 18-year-old who takes no tesserae? What can
you infer about the economic situation in District 12?

Read the excerpt from part 3 of the call of the wild. but it was in giving the law and making his mates live up to it, that buck excelled. dave and sol-leks did not mind the change in leadership. it was none of their business. their business was to toil, and toil mightily, in the traces. so long as that were not interfered with, they did not care what happened. billee, the good-natured, could lead for all they cared, so long as he kept order. the rest of the team, however, had grown unruly during the last days of spitz, and their surprise was great now that buck proceeded to lick them into shape. what theme is most supported by the ideas in this excerpt? good leaders are strong and intelligent. loyalty can be a very powerful force. only the strong survive in the wilderness. we are all ruled by our natural instincts.