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Hatchet Summary

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 29mins

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1.

Read the paragraph below:


The book Hatchet is about a boy who survives the wilderness. Brian Robeson is a 13-year-old boy whose plane crashes. As the only survivor, Brian must learn how to live through the summer in a Canadian forest. He spends an entire year by himself, but then he finds a transmitter to contact a plane. Ultimately, Brian makes it home to his father after a summer alone in the woods.


What is the highlighted sentence?

a)

Who

b)

Conclusion

c)

Where and when

d)

Topic sentence

2.

What does Brian do with the turtle eggs?

a)

Eat them

b)

Bait them for more food

c)

Bury some for later

d)

eat and bury them

3.

How does brian lose his hatchet?

a)

By fighting a bear

b)

Threw it away

c)

Loses it in the water

d)

loses it in the mud

4.

What did Brian do after the plane engine died?

a)

He called the air traffic controller for instructions.

b)

He put on his parachute, opened the plane door and jumped.

c)

He steered it toward a lake so it would crash into the water.

d)

He glided it toward an open meadow as the pilot had told him to do.

5.

When remembering the pilot's heart attack, Brian realized that--

a)

the plane could have crashed hundreds of miles off the flight plan course

b)

he was only a few a miles away from his destination

c)

his parents didn't know that he had run away to join his father

d)

the pilot had not turned on the radio before sending a distress call

6.
What did Brian remember after the dream about his father and Terry?
a)
His hatchet was outside in the rain, and needed to bring it in.
b)
His father had taught Terry and him a lot about survival in the woods.
c)
Terry had suggested that he get a hatchet and his dad had given it to him.
d)
He had seen a shower of sparks when he threw his hatchet at the porcupine.
7.

After studying tracks in the sand and trying to understand them, Brian---

a)

used his shoelaces to make a goose trap

b)

began digging in the sand and found turtle eggs

c)

rebuilt his shelter wall to make it wolf-proof

d)

followed the tracks to where a pair of ducks were nesting

8.
What left Brian with nothing and made him want to die?
a)
seeing the wall of his shelter being torn apart by a bear
b)
watching the ravens eat all the blueberries
c)
having the search plane come and go without seeing him
d)
dropping his hatchet down and animal's burrow
9.

Why sleeping after the moose attack, Brian was awakened by the--

a)

pounding of sleet slamming against the shelter wall

b)

howl of a coyote sitting outside the door of his shelter

c)

smell of a fire much stronger than his campfire

d)

roaring of a tornado that whipped him around his shelter

10.
Why did the pilot who rescued Brian land on the lake?
a)
Some Native people had reported that a boy was living near the lake.
b)
He had been sent to survey the lake and the land surrounding it.
c)
He saw the smoke coming from Brian's campfire.
d)
He heard the emergency transmitter and then saw the plane tail.
11.
What is the first food that Brian finds in the woods?
a)
Fish 
b)
Berries
c)
Roots
d)
Worms
12.
How did the pilot of the plane die?
a)
A Stroke
b)
Killed by a passenger
c)
Heart Attack
d)
Died in the crash
13.
What kind of animal hurt Brian?
a)
A bear
b)
A porcupine
c)
A wolf
d)
A penquin
14.
What did Brian do with the turtle eggs?
a)
He ate all of them raw
b)
He ate six eggs, then decided to bury the rest for later
c)
He buried them under the coals of the fire and roasted them
d)
He left them in the nest because he like bad to eat the eggs
15.

Who is the author of Hatchet?

a)

Paul Paulsen

b)

Gary Paulsen

c)

Steven Gaulsen

d)

Paul Garysen

16.

Who gave Brain the hatchet?

a)

Mr. Perpich

b)

The pilot

c)

His dad

d)

His mom

17.

Why is Brain going on a plane trip?

a)

To stay with his father during the summer

b)

To go on vacation

c)

To go hiking with the Boy Scouts

d)

To go to his mother's house

18.

We can infer that the Hatchet will be used for....

a)

Protection from wild animals

b)

playing a game

c)

chopping up wood

d)

cutting up meat to eat

19.
What is the name of Brian's best friend?
a)
Tracy
b)
Terence
c)
Terry
d)
Tim
20.

What is the secret that Brian thinks about often?

a)

He doesn't know how to survive the woods.

b)

He knows his parents will be worried about him.

c)

He saw his mother kissing a strange man.

d)

The pilot died in the crash.

21.

Why is it unlikely that Brian will be rescued quickly?

a)

Brian has a hard time building a fire.

b)

The pilot probably dies of a heart attack.

c)

Brian has to find food to eat first.

d)

The plane goes off course before it crashes.

22.

Where was Brian after the crash?

a)
b)
c)
d)