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Hatchet Quiz Ch. 13-16.

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of animal was Brian hunting for other than fish?

a)

Squirrels

b)

Foolbirds

c)

Beavers

d)

Bears

2.

What animal in chapter 13 symbolized Brian had become part of the wilderness?

Coyote Fox Wolf Deer

a)

Coyote

b)

Fox

c)

Wolf

d)

Deer

3.

What did Brian eat on his first feast day?

a)

Deer

b)

Fish

c)

Rabbits

d)

Squirrels

4.

How many days did Brian say had been since he had died and been born again as the new Brian?

a)

Forty-seven

b)

Forty-five

c)

Forty-two

d)

Forty-four

5.

Brian said that fish was the light meat and he was sick of them.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Where did Brian decide to store the food he caught?

a)

In a bowl-shaped rock

b)

Tied in his windbreaker and hung up in the tall trees

c)

Buried in the sand under his sleeping mat

d)

On the ledge above his shelter

7.

The following is what type of figurative language?

It was beautiful and terrible at the same time.

a)

Idiom

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Oxymoron

8.

Brian knew he couldn’t catch the small rabbits or squirrels because they were too fast, but he thought he could hit a _____ with an arrow or a spear.

a)

Moose

b)

Deer

c)

Large rabbit

d)

Bear

9.

After the sun came up, what did Brian notice was sticking up in the lake?

a)

A dead moose

b)

Brian’s bow

c)

The tail of the plane

d)

The logs from the side of his shelter

10.

Which sequence best describes the order of events in chapters 15-16? 1) The mosquitos wouldn’t leave Brian alone. 2) A tornado tore up Brian’s shelter. 3) Brian was attacked by a moose. 4) Brian spotted the tail of the plane sticking up out of the lake. 5) Brian was able to catch a foolbird.

a)

5, 3, 2, 1, 4

b)

5, 1, 4, 2, 3

c)

5, 1, 2, 4, 3

d)

5, 4, 3, 2, 1

11.

What did Brian discover was the secret to catching a foolbird?

a)

Listen for the chirping sound it made

b)

Look for the correct brown color of the bird

c)

Look for softness of feathers

d)

Look for the pear-shaped body

12.

While washing the foolbird in the lake, what was Brian attacked by?

a)

A falcon

b)

A fox

c)

A moose

d)

A wolf

13.

What was the word Brian kept thinking about when he tried to end his life?

a)

Clouddown

b)

Mistake

c)

Clouds

d)

Wishing

14.

Brian had hope, not hope that he would get rescued, but hope in __________.

a)

Hope in his knowledge

b)

Hope in his strength

c)

Hope in his rescue

d)

Hope in his parents

15.

How many times did Gary Paulsen mention the word mistake in chapter 14?

a)

Fifteen

b)

Ten

c)

Eighty

d)

Twenty

16.

What did Brian learn was the most vital knowledge that drove all creatures in the forest?

a)

Blood

b)

The wilderness

c)

Food

d)

Companionship

17.

What was it that Brian craved?

a)

Soda

b)

A warm bed

c)

Meat

d)

A bath

18.

The following is what type of figurative language?

The morning sun had cooked him.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Idiom

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

19.

How did Brian say he measured real time while being in the forest?

a)

In events

b)

In memory

c)

In a journal

d)

In age

20.

What were the two major external conflicts Brian faced in chapter 16?

a)

The hatchet was missing and the foolbirds had disappeared.

b)

He was attacked by a moose and his shelter destroyed by a tornado.

c)

A skunk had eaten the rest of his eggs and he got diarrhea again.

d)

The female bear came and attacked him and a skunk sprayed him in the face.