Chapter Nine Hatchet

Brian tried to start a fire. He realized

it was not working and that he needed....

• more wood

• more grass

• more leaves

• more soft materials

Brian was feeling rather disgusted with the process

of starting fire at first and felt that....

• It was too hard for him.

• If men from millions of years ago could do it, then he could too.

• He felt like he should have gotten more money from his wallet.

• the trees were too wet for a fire.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

At first, Brian's strategy was to take his money and ....

• Roll it into small tubes to catch fire.

• Braid it into a long line to burn.

• Fluff it up so that it has air all around it.

• Tear it into small bits and hope that it caught fire.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Another problem that Brian faced was that the

money that was ripped into shreds would not take a....

• flame

• spark

• a hot branch

• burning leaves

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CCSS.RL.6.4

Finally, Brian figured out that he could pick some of the bits of

peeling bark from the birch tree. At first, he tried to....

• catch the peeling bark on fire, then throw on the leaves.

• Catch the peeling bark on fire, then throw on the twigs.

• Catch the peeling bark on fire, then throw on the fish.

• Catch the peeling bark on fire, then throw on the shredded money.

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Brian got sparks to try to start a fire by...

• Rubbing two birch sticks together

• chipping two rocks together

• Chipping the hatchet off of a large oak log

• Chipping the hatchet off of a black rock in the cave walls.

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CCSS.W.6.2B

When Brian realized that the bark from the birch tree would catch fire,

he went back to the trees to try to...

• rip bark off using the arrowhead that he found near the cave.

• use his fingernails to remove bark from the tree.

• use the hatchet to shop up the feathers that are on the ground near the tree.

• Use the hatchet to try to cut the bark into thin slivers that were fine and easy to catch on fire.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

Through all of this so far, Brian realized

that he needed to create a ...

• sapling bowl

• leaf screen

• clay arch

• spark nest

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

What happened when Brian struck the dark rock with the hatchet?

• It started raining outside.

• It started lightening outside.

• The hatchet rained down sparks from hitting the rock.

• The rock caught fire and burst into smoky ash.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What was causing the shower of sparks to fizzle out

and die before the materials could catch on fire?

• The fire needed more oxygen to burn.

• The fire was too hot.

• The fire started from stone would never work.

• The fire could not burn the wet grass.