Hatchet chapters 6-11

Read the following passage from Chapter 7:

"He turned and looked at it. He hadn't done so badly at that. Maybe it wasn't much, but also maybe it was all he had for a home. All right, he thought, so I'll call it home."

From the passage, we can infer that:

• The shelter will keep Brian free of bothersome insects.

• Brian is realizing he may not be rescued as soon as he had hoped.

• Brian is becoming familiar with the landscape and he thinks of the lake as his home.

• Brian has given up and believes he will live there the rest of his life.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RL.6.2

How does the author use the porcupine attack to further the action of the novel?

• Brian feels self-pity, and he starts having dreams about his father.

• Brian uses his new knowledge to fight the bear.

• Brian begins to plan how he can signal a search plane.

• Because he was attacked in the dark, Brian thinks of ways to create fire.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

What character trait is revealed about Brian as he thinks of his mother and "him"?

• angry

• saddened

• indifferent

• pitiful

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

Which statement best describes how Brian is changing throughout these chapters?

• Brians is beginning to become more homesick.

• Brian is learning to live a healthier lifestyle.

• Brian is becoming a survival expert.

• Brian is beginning to gain a better understanding of his surroundings.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"He scootched up, wincing a bit when he bent his stiff leg."

What impact does the word "wincing" have on the overall meaning of the passage?

• This shows us that Brian is happy to be in his shelter.

• This shows the reader that he still feels pain in his leg.

• This shows the reader that Brian was angry that the porcupine attacked him.

• This shows us that he had given up hope of surviving.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

In Chapter 7, the author writes, "All the pits had exploded in the center of him, ripped and tore at him."

How do the words "ripped" and "tore" impact the overall meaning of the sentence?

• They show the reader that the pits are clawing at his stomach.

• They demonstrate the severe pain that Brian is experiencing because of the pits.

• They convey that Brian has gone insane and has been tearing at everything around him.

• They reveal that Brian doesn't feel well.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

How does the simile in the sentence below impact the reader's understanding of the text?

"Here the trees were not all the way down but twisted and snapped off halfway up from the ground, so their tops were all down and rotted and gone, leaving the snags poking into the sky like broken teeth."

• It creates a vivid image of what the broken trees must look like by comparing them to broken teeth.

• It gives the trees a human trait, which makes them seem alive.

• It gives the reader an understanding that the trees are scary looking.

• It makes the reader question whether or not the trees are real, since they cannot actually be broken like teeth.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

When Brian encounters the bear, the text says...

"... a thing happened to his legs, a things he had nothing to do with and they were running in the opposite direction from the bear, back toward the shelter."

What does his response reveal about him?

• It reveal that he is excited to have encountered a real bear.

• It reveals that he is embarrassed that the bear has caught him eating his berries.

• It reveals that Brian's body has reacted out of fear.

• It reveals that Brian has regained all the strength that was lost in the crash.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

Brian knew the food was not poisonous because _____

• he saw a bear eating it.
• he recognized the food.
• it tasted sweet.
• he saw birds eating it.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

A(n) _____ was making noise that awakened Brian.

• turtle
• bear
• moose
• airplane flying overhead

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1