Hatchet Chapters 9 - 12
Authored by Richard Martin
English
4th - 6th Grade
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This quiz focuses on Gary Paulsen's novel *Hatchet*, specifically examining chapters 9-12, and is designed for students at the 4th to 6th grade level. The questions assess reading comprehension through detailed recall of plot events, character development, and thematic understanding of Brian's survival journey in the Canadian wilderness. Students need strong literal comprehension skills to identify specific details about Brian's fire-making process, his encounters with wildlife, and his physical and mental transformation. The quiz also requires inferential thinking as students analyze Brian's character growth, understand cause-and-effect relationships in his survival techniques, and recognize the central conflict of maintaining hope while developing self-reliance. Students must demonstrate their ability to sequence events, understand character motivation, and identify literary elements such as recurring phrases and symbolic moments like the missed rescue plane. Created by Richard Martin, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 4-6. This comprehensive assessment supports literature instruction by providing teachers with a detailed evaluation tool for student understanding of key plot points, character development, and survival themes in this popular middle-grade novel. The quiz works effectively as a chapter test following guided reading sessions, as homework to reinforce daily reading assignments, or as a review tool before discussing the next section of the book. Teachers can use individual question results to identify students who may need additional support with reading comprehension or literary analysis skills. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.1, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1 for citing textual evidence, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.3, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3 for analyzing character development and plot events, and supports the close reading strategies essential for building strong literary analysis foundations.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Brian tried lighting many items. Finally he was able to make a fire by igniting...
grass and twigs
the twenty dollar bill
birch bark peelings
dry leaves
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.4.2
CCSS.RI.4.2
CCSS.RI.5.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Brian discovered that he also needed _______ to get the fire going.
oil
air
pinecones
grass
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which of the following was NOT a reason Brian wanted fire?
The fire would keep away animals like the porcupine.
The smoke from the fire kept the mosquitoes away.
Brian could heat his raspberries on the fire.
Brian could build a signal fire.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RI.1.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Building the fire took Brian _______.
only a few minutes to build after he learned the hatchet made sparks on the flint stone.
several days of hard work.
a large part of the day to get started trying different kinds of kindling.
a few hours using only grass and twigs.
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RI.1.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Brian was lucky a sound woke him because ______.
the fire was about to go out.
he was about to get wet from the rain.
a deer was getting into the raspberries.
his jacket was blowing away.
Tags
CCSS.RF.4.4C
CCSS.RI.5.1
CCSS.RI.6.1
CCSS.RL.4.1
CCSS.RL.6.1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
_________ was making the noise that awakened Brian.
A turtle
A bear
A moose
An airplane flying overhead
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Brian called himself ________.
a genius
a pioneer
an adventurer
a city boy
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.3.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
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