Hatchet Chapter 15 & 16

Brian says that the only real way of keeping track of the days he has spent

lost in the forest is by...

• gathering stones and piling them up at the back of the shelter home

• Big events that occurred while he was living there

• The number of full moons that he could see in the nighttime sky overhead

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What made finding the "fool birds" such a difficult task?

• They were tiny and hard to see.

• They could fly really fast.

• They could burrow into small spaces between the rocks near his shelter home.

• They could blend in with the shrubs and grasses.

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Which of the following statements lets the reader know how Brian felt about constantly eating fish and berries?

• "The foolbirds were driving him insane."

• "The birds stood perfectly still and it was hard to see their outlines."

• "It kind of looks like a flying pear!"

• "Never. Never had he tasted anything as fine as eating First Meat."

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What method did Brian use to finally kill a Fool Bird?

• A net made from woven grasses.

• A spear

• A bow and arrow

• A sling shot made from his shoe laces.

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Which of the following caused Brian to wander

one-quarter mile away from his camp?

• Hunting for Fool Birds

• Looking for more raspberries

• He got lost after he saw the mother bear and her cubs

• He was searching for firewood.

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What method did Brian use when he needed to

dispose of the left over bird parts that he could not eat?

• He put them into the water to feed the fish.

• He threw them into the fire and just burned them.

• He used the bones to form more spear tips and the the feathers to make a pillow.

• He buried the old part in the sand to try to make the soil in his garden richer.

The author of Hatchet, Gary Paulson, continues to make a point when he

tells that the smoke from the fire helps Brian while he is trying to cook the bird he caught. How was the smoke helpful?

• It served as a signal fire for all the planes that were flying over.

• It purifed the air from the smell of Brian, who had not had a proper bath in a very long time.

• It drove the flies and mosquitoes away from him.

• It choked out the bear and the wolves so they did not want to come too close.

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What kind of life lesson did Brian learn while in Chapter 15?

• That living out on the frontier was hard work.

• That he should have read more books on Wilderness Survival.

• That hunting takes a great deal of patience.

• That he should have taken flying lessons so that he would not have been stuck out here in the middle of nowhere.

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What is the effect of cooking meat over a fire that is too hot?

• The outside burns.

• The inside is raw.

• It smells like it is done.

• The juices are still dripping.

• All of these.

The reader can infer that Brian might be missing home in Chapter 15 because....

• He did not know how to cook chicken like his mother did.

• He did not know what to do with the bird he just caught. Meat had always come from the grocery store at home.

• He was wishing he had some salt and pepper for this meat. And maybe some gravy.

• He was trying to remember what his mother's cookbook said about cooking birds.

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