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Hatchet Chapter 10-14

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does the word dormant mean?
a)
not active
b)
attract
c)
sudden, sharp noise 
2.
What does the word crackle mean?
a)
Not very fancy
b)
Sticking with it
c)
sudden, sharp noise
3.
What does the word emerged mean?
a)
Came out 
b)
Attract
c)
Hide
4.
What does the word persistent mean?
a)
Not very fancy
b)
Sticking with it 
c)
Attract
5.
What does the word lure mean? 
a)
Attract 
b)
indicated, gave away
c)
came out
6.
What does the word crude mean? 
a)
Not very fancy 
b)
Not active
c)
attract
7.
What does the word lunged mean?
a)
Attract
b)
Came out
c)
moved forward suddenly
8.
In chapter 11 Brian, Brian keeps himself occupied by assigning himself little projects to keep busy.  Using this information, what would be a good title for chapter 11?
a)
There is no hope
b)
Clean the camp
c)
Building a spear
d)
There are these things to do
9.
What did Brian refer to himself as he was following the turtle tracks
a)
Funny guy
b)
An  Idiot
c)
City Boy
d)
A Weakling 
10.
Why does Brian refer to the fire as his "Hungry Friend"?
a)
He is very lonely
b)
It constantly needs wood to burn
c)
It provides him with lots of food
d)
He thinks "Hungry" is a good name
11.
What does Brian find in the sand the morning after he is awakened in the night?
a)
Turtle Eggs
b)
Extra Wood
c)
Bird Eggs
d)
A pet frog
12.
After gorging himself on eggs, what does Brian decide to do to preserve the rest of them.
a)
He decides to eat 2 a day
b)
He decides to eat 1 a day
c)
He hides them from himself
d)
He decides to eat all of them
13.

What MIGHT be a working THEME in Hatchet based on what we've read so far?

a)

Being positive can get you through any situation

b)

You need a Hatchet to survive in the wilderness

c)

Brian should have just stayed with his mom

d)

Being tough is the best way to be

14.

What keeps Brian from being depressed?

a)

Thoughts of his mom

b)

His list of things to do

c)

The beauty of the wilderness

d)

His imaginary friend

15.

When his first tool fails to help him to catch fish, what tool does he create next?

a)

bow and arrow

b)

two pronged spear

c)

net

d)

crossbow

16.

What happens that reduces Brian to tears and causes him to lose hope?

a)

He can't catch any food.

b)

His shelter falls apart.

c)

He injures his hand.

d)

A plane comes but doesn't see him.

17.
What animal did Brian see as he was hunting for foolbirds?
a)
a raccoon
b)
a skunk
c)
a wolf
d)
a bear
18.
What animal came inside Brian's shelter?
a)
a skunk
b)
a rabbit
c)
a bear
d)
a deer
19.
Why is Brian unable to catch fish in the lake?
a)
Brian's spear was not sharp enough to pierce the skin of the fish.
b)
Brian was not fast enough to hit the fish and they swam away.
c)
The water bent the light making the fish look like they were in a different place than they really were.
d)
The fish stayed in the deep water and Brian could not get close enough to catch them.
20.
Why did Brian get frustrated with the foolbirds?
a)
He thought they tasted terrible after working so hard to catch one.
b)
He thought they would taste like chicken, but they didn't.
c)
He could be right beside one and not see it.
d)
He thought they were too much trouble for such a small amount of meat.
21.
How has Brian’s body changed since he crashed in the Canadian wilderness?
a)
Brian's stomach has caved in, his skin is tanned, and his face is leathery from the smoke.
b)
Brian's hair is long and shaggy, and his nails are broken and ragged.
c)
Brian's face is scarred from the plane crash
d)
Brian's arms have grown strong from all the firewood he has carried.
22.
Chapter 11 begins and end with the words _____________.
a)
"Easy say, hard do."
b)
"There were these things to do."
c)
"Only the strong survive."
d)
"Help, Help, Help!"
23.
Brian took four baths a day _______________.
a)
because he was itchy from all the bug bites
b)
to get rid of the skunk odor
c)
to cool off during the heat wave
d)
because all of the work gave him body odor
24.

How do you know a good deal of time has passed between the end of Chapter 12 when the plane flies away and the beginning of Chapter 13?

a)

At the end of Chapter 12 Brian was going to make a bow and arrow to catch fish and at the beginning of Chapter 13 Brian is tired of eating fish.

b)

Brian is placing pebbles in a hollowed out rock; one for each day he has been in the wilderness, and the rock will no longer hold any more pebbles.

c)

The author begins Chapter 13 with a description of the changes in weather over the last two months

d)

Brian is keeping track of the days by making notches with his hatchet on a piece of wood, and he states that many notches have been made.

25.

Define: receded

a)

to become more distant; to go away

b)

in a very careful way

c)

to implant

d)

existing in the earliest times

26.

Define: imbedded

a)

to rejoice greatly

b)

to implant

c)

dry, flammable substance

d)

existing in the earliest times

27.

Define: kindling

a)

to start a fire

b)

to become more distant; to go away

c)

small streams

d)

to rejoice greatly

28.

Define: tinder

a)

the state of being irritated; extreme annoyance

b)

dry flammable substance

c)

to become more distant; to go away

d)

small streams

29.

Define: regulate

a)

to implant

b)

adjust to a specific degree or amount

c)

dry, flammable substance

d)

small streams

30.

Define: primitive

a)

small streams

b)

in a very careful way

c)

to start a fire

d)

existing in the earliest times

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