Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet...

Which statement best summarizes the central idea of GUTs: The True Stories behind Hatchet?

• The author of Hatchet became a successful author only after working as a volunteer for a long time.

• Sometimes it is not possible to save someone who is having a heart attack.

• Authors need to find the time to write about their experiences.

• A haunting event the author witnessed as a volunteer became the inspiration for a scene in Hatchet.

expression means...

• a coming together of people or things

• a specific look, action, voice showing thought or feeling

• causing ruin; disastrous

• to cause trouble, discomfort, or annoyance

Catastrophic means...

• a coming together of people or things

• a specific look, action, voice showing thought or feeling

• causing ruin; disastrous

• to cause trouble, discomfort, or annoyance

Sheepishly means...

• a coming together of people or things

• a specific look, action, voice showing thought or feeling

• in an embarrassed way

• to cause trouble, discomfort, or annoyance

Confluence means...

• a coming together of people or things

• a specific look, action, voice showing thought or feeling

• causing ruin; disastrous

• to cause trouble, discomfort, or annoyance

Inconvenience means...

• a coming together of people or things

• a specific look, action, voice showing thought or feeling

• causing ruin; disastrous

• to cause trouble, discomfort, or annoyance

The author of Guts: The True Stories behind Hatchet...is Gary Paulsen

• False

• True

Gary Paulsen volunteered his free time to...

• be a construction worker

• write novels

• act as a doctor

• answer emergency ambulance calls

Gary Paulsen's inspiration for the pilot's death in Hatchet came from...

• a farm accident

• a heart attack

• a gunshot accident

• a car accident

When Harvey gives Gary the "thousand-yard stare" it most likely means...

• Harvey has the look of someone dying

• Harvey can see really far.

• Harvey has great eyesight

• Harvey is confused