Hatchet Chapter 7

The chapter begins with…

• Brian screaming because of his stomach pain

• Brian yelling at his mom in his dream

• Brian yelling at his mom about the secret

• Brian eating more berries

What name did Brian give to the berries he ate?

• Gut cherries

• Explosion berries

• Wild berries

• Poison berries

Why did Brian call the berries “gut cherries”?

What is the real name of the “gut cherries”? Hint: look at the epigraph!

• Chokecherries

• Goji berries

• Bilberries

• Poison berries

When Brian saw his reflection on the lake, what reaction did he have?

• He was glad to see the bump on his head diminish

• He slapped the water with his hand to destroy the reflection. This is because he pitied himself of his looks, and the situation he was in.

• He was shocked to see how old he looked

• He cried because he felt proud of himself for staying alive

What did Brian see as he washed the gut cherries?

• Tiny fish scattering and splashing in the lake

• Large fish

• Sharks

• A bear

Why do you think Brain called his shelter “home”?

Fill-in-the-blanks: “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 ________.”

What kind of berry did Brian find in Chapter 7?

• Blueberries

• Strawberries

• Raspberries

• Blackberries

True or False? When Brian ate the raspberries, he over ate them like he did with the gut cherries

• True

• False