Savvas Hatchet

After the pilot died, Brian left the plane running and holding altitude. What does altitude mean?

• the route you travel

• the amount of fuel used by a plane

• the height above ground

• the distance you travel

When Brian looked back on the time he had cried in the dark cave, he thought of it as when he had learned the most important lesson of survival. What does survival mean?

• the ability to be happy with your situation

• the power to think in a creative way

• the state of enduring or continuing to live

• a close relationship between two living things

Because the plane's main body was intact after the crash, Brian figured that the survival pack had survived. What does intact mean?

• unbroken or in one piece

• ability to be seen or visible

• resting on top of water

• positioned on the right side

What did Brian do once the plane's engine died?

• He glided toward an open meadow.

• He called air traffic control for directions.

• He secured his parachute to prepare to jump.

• He steered towards a lake to land in water.

What is the only thing that may be as important to Brian's survival as the hatchet?

• His trusty compass

• His cold weather sleeping bag

• Perseverance

• Knowledge of Canadian wildlife

While looking around the lake, what did Brian find that made him feel lucky?

• Items of clothing he had lost in the crash

• The survival pack from the plane

• A piece of wood he could use for tools

• The overhang of a ledge that he could use as a shelter

What did Brian remember after the dream about his father and Terry?

• His father had taught Terry and him about survival in the woods

• He had seen the hatchet make sparks when he threw it at the porcupine

• He left his hatchet out in the rain and needed to retrieve it

• He and Terry saw his mother and the blond man in the car

What left Brian with nothing and made him want to die?

• Dropping his hatchet in the lake

• Watching the birds eat all of the berries

• Having a plane pass over without seeing him

• Being attacked by a moose

How did Brian learn the lesson to protect his food and improve his shelter?

• By seeing a timber wolf in the wild

• By watching a mama bear and her cubs

• By losing his catch of fish to a fool bird

• By being sprayed by a skunk

While sleeping after the moose attack, Brian was awakened by...

• the roaring of a hurricane

• the roaring of a tropical storm

• the roaring of a tornado

• the roaring of a wild fire