Hatchet Chapter 11-15 Inference Quiz

“He added wood to the fire and cleaned up the camp area. A good laugh—cleaning up the camp. All he did was shake out his windbreaker and hang it in the sun to dry the berry juice that had soaked in, and smooth the sand where he slept.”

What logical inference can you make as to why Brian had “a good laugh.”

• Brian thought it was funny that he used to hate having to clean at home but now he was enjoying it.

• Brian thought it was funny that his windbreaker was stained with berry juice.

• Brian thought it was funny because there wasn’t really much to clean up.

• Brian thought it was funny that his camp area had gotten so messy.

“He had worked on the fish spear until it had become more than just a tool. He’d spent hours and hours on it, and now it didn’t work. He moved into the shallows and stood and the fish came to him.”

What logical inference can you make about Brian?

• Brian gives up easily.

• Brian is frustrated that something he spent so much time on isn’t working.

• Brian is bad at making tools.

• Brian doesn’t really like to eat fish.

Which piece of text supports the idea that Brian is feeling hopeful?

• “There was a tree there with long branches that seemed straight and when he pulled on one of them and let go it had an almost vicious snap to it.”

• “The bird had been speckled, brown and gray, and it must not be very smart because Brian’s foot had been nearly on it before it flew.”

• “They would not return. He would never leave now, never get out of here.”

• “A plane! It was a motor, far off but seeming to get louder. They were coming for him!”

In chapter 14, Brian throws a handful of sand at the skunk. What logical inference can you make about why he does this?

• Brian has encountered skunks before and knows how to get rid of them.

• Food is so important to Brian that he must protect it.

• Brian is not thinking clearly and is making careless mistakes.

• Brian thinks that the skunk is really another turtle.

Three pieces of text below support the idea that Brian is becoming a different person. Which piece of text DOES NOT support the idea that Brian is becoming a different person?

• “In measured time, forty-seven days had passed since the crash. Forty-two days, he thought, since he had died and been born as the new Brian.”

• “Time had come, time that he measured but didn’t care about; time had come into his life and moved out and left him different.”

• “I am not the same, he thought. I see, I hear differently. He did not know when the change started, but it was there; when a sound came to him now, he didn’t just hear it but would know the sound.”

• “That had been a search plane. He was sure of it. That must have been them and they had come as far off to the side of the flight plan as they thought they would have to come and then turned back.”