Hatchet by Gary Paulsen 3/4 Review

A piece of metal from the plane stabs Brian in the leg during the plane crash.

• True
• False

Brian is troubled by the secret.

• True
• False

When Brian wakes the next morning, his legs are cramped and drawn up, and his back hurts when he tries to move, but worst of all:

• a) the cut on his chest
• b) the pounding in his jaw
• c) the throb in his head
• d) the twisting of his stomach

Brian has a hard time trying to stay awake after the plane crash.

• True
• False

Earlier, Brian saw _________ when he was riding the bicycle with his friend Terry.

• a) a bank robber shoot a policeman
• b) his mother with a blond headed man
• c) his girlfriend with another boy
• d) his teacher get hit by a car

Which statement from Hatchet contains a cause-effect relationship?

• a) The crash is over and I am alive, he thought.
• b) He raised himself and crawled out of the water, grunting with pain of movement.
• c) Because of the mosquitoes, the backs of his hands were puffy and his eyes were almost swollen shut, and he saw everything through a narrow squint.
• d) The pilot in the plane, down into the water, down into the blue water strapped in the seat...

Brian thinks the place where he has landed is ugly with its brown trees.

• True
• False

The author of Hatchet, Gary Paulsen, most likely wrote Hatchet to ________________.

• a) inform readers how to survive a plane crash
• b) entertain readers with a story about a courageous boy
• c) persuade readers to learn how to drive a Cessna 406
• d) amuse readers with a funny story

What happens to Brian when he was 9 years old?

• a) Brian was hit in the nose with a baseball
• b) Brian broke his collar bone while skate boarding
• c) Brian had to get stitches around his eye where he was hit by a rock
• d) Brian drove his bike into a car and broke his ankle

What is the main conflict in this story?

• a) Brian is attacked by a moose
• b) Brian is lost in the Canadian wilderness
• c) Brian is hurt in a plane crash and must recover
• d) Brian is hungry and finds a survival pack full of packaged foods