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WorksheetsHatchet Chapters 11-15
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 36mins
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Class
Date
1.
Brian is becoming
a)
more observant
b)
more fearful of his situation
c)
a skilled fox hunter
d)
a skilled gardener
2.
Read this part of the story:
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.
Question:
What type of figuruative language is used in this passage?
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.
Question:
What type of figuruative language is used in this passage?
a)
idiom
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
personification
3.
How did Brian catch fish?
a)
with a fishing rod that he created out of a branch
b)
with a spear that he made
c)
by quickly snatching them up with his hands
d)
by trapping them in a cage he made
4.
Read this from the story:
Look back, he thought. Look back and see the smoke now and turn, please turn. "Look back," he whispered, feeling all the pictures fade, seeing his father's face fade like the sound, like the lost dreams, like an end to hope.
Question:
Which of the following is the best tone for this passage?
Look back, he thought. Look back and see the smoke now and turn, please turn. "Look back," he whispered, feeling all the pictures fade, seeing his father's face fade like the sound, like the lost dreams, like an end to hope.
Question:
Which of the following is the best tone for this passage?
a)
revealing
b)
disappointment
c)
desperation
d)
critical
5.
Read this from the story:
He could not play the game without hope; could not play the game without a dream.
Question:
By calling his survival, "a game" Gary Paulsen is using a(n)
He could not play the game without hope; could not play the game without a dream.
Question:
By calling his survival, "a game" Gary Paulsen is using a(n)
a)
idiom
b)
hyperbole
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
6.
Read this from the story:
It had happened before this way, something had come into him from outside to warn him and he had stopped...He paid attention to the feeling now and he stood and waited, patiently, knowing he was right and that something would come.
Question:
What literary device isused in this passage?
It had happened before this way, something had come into him from outside to warn him and he had stopped...He paid attention to the feeling now and he stood and waited, patiently, knowing he was right and that something would come.
Question:
What literary device isused in this passage?
a)
foreshadowing
b)
flashback
c)
imagery
d)
symbolism
7.
Read this from the story:
Brian looked back and for a moment felt afraid because the wolf was so...so right. He knew Brian, knew him and owned him and chose not to do anything with him.
Question:
What does this passage mean?
Brian looked back and for a moment felt afraid because the wolf was so...so right. He knew Brian, knew him and owned him and chose not to do anything with him.
Question:
What does this passage mean?
a)
Brian belongs to the because it can smell him
b)
The wolf can kill him if it chooses
c)
The wolf is afraid of Brian
d)
The wolf is going to kill Brian
8.
Read this from the story:
He was not the same now-the Brian that stood and watched the wolves move away and nodded to them was completely changed.
Question:
This passage proves that Brian is a__________ character.
He was not the same now-the Brian that stood and watched the wolves move away and nodded to them was completely changed.
Question:
This passage proves that Brian is a__________ character.
a)
flat
b)
round
c)
dynamic
d)
static
9.
What did Brian do right after the plane flew by and out of sight?
a)
He got very depressed to the point that he no longer wanted to live
b)
He continued to send signals into the sky for three days
c)
He became sick and passed out for days
d)
He was excited because he knew the plane would be back for him
10.
What happened when Brian tried out his first bow and arrow that he made?
a)
He killed a bird on his first shot
b)
He got his arrow stuck in a tree
c)
The bow wood exploded in his hands, injuring his head
d)
The bow broke in half
11.
Read this from the story:
With his bow, with an arrow fashioned by his own hand he had done food, had found a way to live. The bow had given him this way and he exulted in it...
Question:
The bow and arrow symbolize_________.
With his bow, with an arrow fashioned by his own hand he had done food, had found a way to live. The bow had given him this way and he exulted in it...
Question:
The bow and arrow symbolize_________.
a)
his means to survive
b)
his pride
c)
the island
d)
his strong will
12.
What is Brian's new motiviation at this point in the novel?
a)
to be rescued
b)
to write an autobiography about his trials
c)
to become famous
d)
to survive and take care of himself
13.
Brian learns that___________________is everything.
a)
peace of mind
b)
food
c)
shelter
d)
a good attitude
14.
What eats Brian's turtle eggs?
a)
a skunk
b)
a beaver
c)
a bear
d)
a snake
15.
Read this from the story:
His mother had left some salmon out by mistake one time when they went on an overnight trip to Cape Hesper to visit relatives and when they got back the smell filled the whole house. There was no way to store fish.
Question:
What literary technique is used in this passage?
His mother had left some salmon out by mistake one time when they went on an overnight trip to Cape Hesper to visit relatives and when they got back the smell filled the whole house. There was no way to store fish.
Question:
What literary technique is used in this passage?
a)
imagery
b)
symbolism
c)
flashback
d)
suspense
16.
How does Brian end up storing fish?
a)
inside a cooler he made
b)
on a shelf that he built in a tree
c)
in an exclosure that he made in the water
d)
in a hole in the ground
17.
How was Brian finally able to kill a foolbird?
a)
He snuck up on it
b)
He learned that he had to shoot it in the chest
c)
He finally noticed the shape of the bird and could see them better
d)
He finally noticed how the birds slept and could sneak up on them better.
18.
Read this from the story:
Time and time again drew, held, and let arrows fly but he still had no feathers on the arrows and they were little more than sticks that flopped out of the bow...
Question:
What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
Time and time again drew, held, and let arrows fly but he still had no feathers on the arrows and they were little more than sticks that flopped out of the bow...
Question:
What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
a)
idiom
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
simile
19.
Read this from the story:
His mother from the old time, from the before, would bake it.
Question:
What does this sentence mean?
His mother from the old time, from the before, would bake it.
Question:
What does this sentence mean?
a)
from the time before his mother had another relationship
b)
from the time before his mother met his father
c)
from the time before Brian was stranded on this island
d)
from the time before his mother learned how to cook
20.
Read this from the story:
Patience, he thought. So much of this was patience-waiting and thinking and doing things right. So much all of this, so much of all living was patience and thinking.
Question:
This passage sounds mainly like_________
Patience, he thought. So much of this was patience-waiting and thinking and doing things right. So much all of this, so much of all living was patience and thinking.
Question:
This passage sounds mainly like_________
a)
symbolism
b)
a theme
c)
imagery
d)
tone
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