Hatchet Final Exam

1. What point of view is used in this novel?

• First person – Brian’s point of view
• Third person limited to Brian
• Third person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

2. Which of the following best describes Brian’s attitude toward his mother?

• critical and angry
• admiring yet doubtful
• disrespectful yet understanding

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

3. Which word in this passage creates personification in the following quote: There were tall pines, the kind with no limbs until very close to the top, with a gentle breeze sighing in them, but not too much low brush.

• limbs
• gentle
• sighing

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

4. Brian is becoming _________________ throughout the novel?

• more observant
• more fearful of his situation
• a skilled fox hunter

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

5. How did Brian catch fish?

• with a fishing rod that he created out of a branch
• with a bow and arrow
• by trapping them in a smaller pond off the side of the lake

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

6. What type of figurative language is used in the following excerpt: From his height he could see not just the lake but across part of the forest, a green carpet, and it was full of life.

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

7. What is the main effect of Chapter 13 on the story?

• It explains how the main character is going to be rescued by his family.
• It is the key turning point that shows how the main character has changed.
• It establishes the main character’s conflict with nature.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

8. Which text evidence best supports the idea that Brian is “completely changed” after the search plane turns away?

• He decides to hunt fool birds instead of fish.
• He walks on the shoreline thinking over his mistakes.
• He lets the fire go out and doesn’t eat his egg

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

9. Read each passage from the scene where the search plane flies away in Chapter 12. Choose the passage in which the narrator’s tone can be described as mournful (sad):

• “He went down to his knees and felt the tears start, cutting through the smoke and ash on his face, silently falling onto the stone.”
• “Look back, he thought. Look back and see the smoke now and turn, please turn."
• “ But it kept moving away until he could not hear it even in his imagination, in his soul.”

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CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

10. What was most harmful to Brian's survival?

• Wild animals
• Self-pity

• Illness

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2