Hatchet Ch. 13-14 Comprehension Questions

How do you know a good deal of time has passed between the end of Chapter 12 when the plane flies away and the beginning of Chapter 13?

• At the end of Chapter 12 Brian was going to make a bow and arrow to catch fish and at the beginning of Chapter 13 Brian is tired of eating fish.

• Brian is keeping track of the days by making notches with his hatchet on a piece of wood, and he states that many notches have been made.

• Brian is placing pebbles in a hollowed out rock; one for each day he has been in the wilderness, and the rock will no longer hold any more pebbles.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

Brain was hunting for __________ to eat.

• wild greens

• rabbits

• foolbirds

• squirrels

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

While he was hunting Brian sensed an animal nearby. It was a __________.

• bobcat

• raccoon

• fox

• wolf

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

The plane had crashed ________ days before.

• 35

• 20

• 6

• 47

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

When the plane turns around and leaves Brian, he wishes to die. Brian even __________.

• tries to drown himself in the lake

• cuts himself with the hatchet

• jumps off the ledge above his shelter

• wrestles with a bear

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

When Brian first began to use the bow and arrows he could not catch fish because __________.

• Brian's arrows were not sharp enough to pierce the skin of the fish

• Brian was not fast enough to hit the fish and they swam away

• the water bent the light making the fish look like they were in a different place than where they really were

• the fish stayed in the deep water and Brian could not get close enough to catch them

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

On Brian's first feast day, he ate __________.

• fish

• foolbirds

• rabbit

• opossum

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

A skunk came into Brian's shelter looking for __________.

• fish

• a place to get out of the rain

• the turtle eggs

• warmth

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

The day after the skunk took Brian's eggs, he __________.

• moved to a new location

• rebuilt his shelter

• decided to keep a bright fire at all times

• kept his hatchet close at hand for fighting off animals

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RF.5.4C

Brian took four baths a day __________.

• because he was itchy from all the bug bites

• to get rid of the skunk odor

• to cool off during the heat wave

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2