Hatchet Final Assessment (Whole Book)

Which response best represents the novel's beginning?

• As Brian flies in a small plane to Canada, he thinks back to his parents' divorce. Then the pilot of the plane has a heart attack.

• Brian thinks about his parents' divorce. He decides to visit his father. Brian takes off in a small plane to Canada.

• Brian and his mom drive to the airport, and she gives him a hatchet. Then he flies in a small plane to visit his dad in Canada.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which of the following best describes Brian's attitude toward his mother?

• critical and angry

• obedient and submissive

• admiring yet doubtful

• disrespectful yet understanding

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which evidence best supports the idea that the Secret is painful for Brian?

• "Brian hated judges as he hated lawyers."

• "Brian was going to wave out or call, but something stopped him. There was a man in the car."

• "How could he tell her what he knew? So he had remained silent, shook his head, and continued to stare unseeing at the countryside."

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

Which passage helps set up the novel's opening conflict?

• "The pilot had been talking, just a moment ago, complaining of the pain."

• "Brian felt his eyes beginning to burn and knew there would be tears."

• "'It goes on your belt.' His mother spoke now without looking at him."

Read the following passage:

"Somebody was screaming, screaming as the plane drove down into the water. Someone screamed tight animal screams of fear and pain and he did not know that it was his sound, that he roared against the water that took him and the plane still deeper, down into the water.

The narrator's tone in this passage is mainly:

• nervous and hopeless

• helpless and frustrated

• shocked and confused

Read this passage from Chapter 4:

Hisses and blurks, small sounds, birds singing, hum of insects, splashes from the fish jumping--there was a great noise here.

How does the author use a literary device?

• The author uses repetition to emphasize the different animals.

• The author uses onomatopoeia to emphasize specific sounds.

• The author uses a metaphor to describe the jumping fish.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In the wilderness, Brian reflects

There were large things in the woods. There were wolves, he thought, and bears--other things. In the dark, he would be in the open here, just sitting at the bottom of the tree.

How do Brian's thoughts lead to action?

• Brian remembers his English teacher's advice to stay positive during tough times.

• Brian realizes he must build a shelter to increase his chances for survival.

• Brian is later attacked by certain animals.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which words in the following passage most strongly convey Brian's hunger?

But there was such a hunger on him, such an emptiness, that he could not stop and kept stripping branches and eating berries by the handful, grabbing and jamming them into his mouth and swallowing them pits and all.

• handful, mouth, pits

• hunger, stripping, swallowing

• emptiness, grabbing, jamming

How does the author use personification in the following passage?

It was as if all the berries, all the pits had exploded in the center of him, ripped and tore at him.

• to make a comparison between the berries and the pits

• to show that the berries can sometimes have human traits

• to emphasize that the pits felt powerful and destructive inside Brian.

Read this 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 homel=.

From this passage, we can infer that:

• The shelter will keep Brian free of bothersome insects.

• Brian is realizing that he may not be rescued as soon as he'd hoped.

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