Hatchet: Chapters 1-5

What is the best description of a hatchet?

• a large pocket knife
• a small axe
• a small machete
• a medium sized sword

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Why is Brian going on a plane trip?

• to stay with his father for the summer
• to stay his dad for a month
• to stay with his mom for the summer
• to stay with his dad for the weekend

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What caused the pilot to grab his chest and rub his arm?

• he had an itch
• he was having a seizure
• he was having a spasm
• he was having a heart attack

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

Where was the plane headed?

• Kansas
• Canada
• Kentucky
• Oklahoma

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CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What major event changed Brian's life?

• a death
• a new baby
• a new job
• a divorce

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Who gave Brian his hatchet?

• his father

• his mother

• the pilot

• he found it

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What did Brian do after the plane engine died?

• He called the air traffic controller for instructions.

• He put on his parachute, opened the plane door and jumped.

• He steered it toward a lake so it would crash into the water.

• He glided it toward an open meadow as the pilot had told him to do.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What attacked Brian as he watched the sun rise?

• Fish were biting his toes as they sat in the water

• Mosquitoes and black flies were biting his exposed skin

• A beaver attacks him because he knocks over the den

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is "The Secret" to which Brian's thoughts often wander?

• His father is seeing another woman.
• He is running away.
• His mother is pregnant.
• His mother is seeing another man.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

While Brian travels, the pilot teaches him...

• how to steer a Cessna 406.
• how to fill the gas tank on the Cessna 406.
• how to read the instrument panel on the Cessna 406.
• how to use a hatchet.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1