Hatchet Chapters 8 and 9

"At first he thought it was a growl. In the still darkness of the shelter in the middle of the night his eyes came open and he was awake..." This growl that Brian hears is a...

• bear

• wolf

• porcupine

• moose

"A porcupine had stumbled into his shelter and when he kicked it the thing had slapped him with its tail full of _________." What did the porcupine slap him with?

• needles

• spikes

• coffee

• quills

According to Brian, the most important rule of survival is...

• finding shelter and building a fire

• that feeling sorry for yourself didn't work

• make a weapon from the hatchet for survival

• look for the closest food source, like berries

In the dream that came to Brian in Chapter 8, his father "waved his hands at Brian, made gestures in front of his face as if he were scratching something..." What was Brian's father trying to tell him about?

• the porcupine

• to make a fire

• a bear coming

• a wolf coming

After seeing the "nick wasn't too large in the hatchet" Brian realizes...

• the hatchet was too important to lose

• he almost destroyed the hatchet

• the hatchet wouldn't have killed the porcupine

In trying to make the fire in Chapter 9, Brian realizes that he was forgetting one important element, which is why the fire wouldn't start. What was that element?

• oxygen

• tinder

• air

• sparks from the hatchet