Hatchet

What is the book Hatchet about?

• A boy that has lived in the wild all his live and is now living in the city

• A boy that gets a hatchet for his birthday and has to learn how to use it to keep him and his family warm during the winter.

• A boy that has lived in the city all his life that was going to visit his father and had a plane crash. After the plane crash he had to learn how to live in the wild.

How old is Brian?

• 10

• 13

• 15

• 23

• 25

Who gave Brian his hatchet?

• his father

• his mother

• the pilot

• he found it

How did Brian land the plane?

• He flew the plane into the water.

• He held the nose down.

• Repeat the radio call seventeen times.

• He waited until the plane runs out of gas.

• He headed for the nearest lake.

What is the story based on?

• A movie

• Gary Paulsen's life

• Partly Gary Paulsen's life and partly fiction

• Nothing

What is Brian's dad's name?

• Bryan

• Mark

• None

• The book doesn't tell us Brian's dads' name

What did Brian make to get the attention of a pilot flying above his camp?

• signal fire

• turtle eggs

• woodpile

• snapping turtle

What did Brian find buried in the sand of the beach?

• table tennis balls

• signal fire

• turtle eggs that he could eat

• backbone

What was Brian able to find to help him survive for a little while before the plane found him?

• A survival pack

• barbecue pit

• starter fluid

• big foot

What does Brian miss from his old life?

• warm heated houses

• All of the above

• the easy food;

• his mother and or father

Answer explanation

The style of writing in the book creates a desire in the reader for certain things, even if they are not explicitly stated in the text.