Hatchet Questions

What does the word survival mean as it is used in this section?

• test

• living

• obstacles

• uninhabited

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

What does the word extensive mean as it is used in this section?

• quick

• speedy

• thorough

• costing a lot of money

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the context clue for the word optimistic, and what type of clue is it?

• always; antonym

• positive; synonym

• thought; inference

• wondered: definition

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

Using context clues, what does the word stranded mean as it is used in this section?

• hungry

• prepared

• abandoned

• can’t breathe

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Part A: Reread paragraphs 15-19. Which statement best describes a theme that the author implies in the passage?

• Money can solve any problem, if you have enough of it.

• Ignoring your problems will eventually make them go away.

• People need very few resources to survive and lead fulfilling lives.

• Assessing the situation can make it easier to overcome an obstacle.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

Part B: Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the answer to Part A?

• That’s how Perpich had put it—stay positive and stay on top of things.

• It was pitiful enough. A quarter, three dimes, a nickel, and two pennies.

• And on his belt, somehow still there, the hatchet his mother had given him.

• There was a touch of rust already forming on the cutting edge of the blade and he rubbed it off with his thumb.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

All of the following details are establishing a theme around survival being difficult in the wild EXCEPT?

• It kept coming back to that. He had nothing.

• Either way he would probably be home by late night or early morning,

• The hunger had been there but something else—fear, pain—had held it down.

• The trouble, Brian thought, looking around, was that all he could see was grass and brush.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which sentence shows the stated theme about finding one’s self in tough situations?

• It kept coming back to that. He had nothing.

• I'm hungry and I'd trade everything I have for a hamburger.

• And on his belt, somehow still there, the hatchet his mother had given him.

• ’You are your most valuable asset. Don't forget that. You are the best thing you have.’

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

What idiomatic statement is used in paragraph 2 to show the reader how hard Brian slept his first night after the crash?

• out cold

• frowned

• gone down

• started the search

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Part A: What point of view or position is this section written in?

• third person limited as evidenced by the use of the pronouns “you”

• third person omniscient as evidenced by the pronouns “he,” “she,” “they”

• second person narration as evidenced by the use of the pronouns “you”

• first person narration as evidenced by the use of the pronouns “I” and “me.”

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6