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WorksheetsHatchet - whole book
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 30mins
What was Brian's father's job?
Lumberman
Lawyer
Accountant
Oil engineer
What was the purpose of Brian's trip to the Canadian woods?
He was going to spend the summer with his father.
He was going on a camping trip.
He was visiting his best friend's family.
He was going to learn how to fish.
Why does Brian suddenly realize that he may be out there in the woods for longer than he had anticipated?
No one knew he was on a trip.
No one knew where the plane was going.
He heard that search parties are called off after 2 days.
He had bumped the wheel of the plane and changed course.
Which type of animal hurt Brian in his shelter?
What kind of eggs does Brian find to eat?
Chicken eggs
Quail eggs
Turtle eggs
Fish eggs
What does Brian think of the contents of the survival pack as?
treasure
bounty
needed
exciting
Brian's English teacher Perpich was always saying _______________.
slow and steady will win the race
don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today
think about the positive
remember the story of the little engine that could
Brian was very hungry and kept thinking about eating a ___________.
hamburger
pizza
chocolate sundae
ice cream
When Brian realized that it might be several days before he would be rescued, he decided to ________________.
make clothes from tree bark
roll into a ball and cry
try to catch fish for dinner
build a shelter
His mother gives Brian a hatchet to use when visiting his father. What does Brian think of the Hatchet.
He loves it!
He is afraid of it.
He thinks it is hokey.
He is not sure why his mother gave it to him.
What does Brian know that his father does not know.
His mother has a secret.
His mother did not want the divorce to happen.
His mother has a new job in the city.
His mother is leaving for the summer.
Brian is in a plane where the pilot...
won't stop talking.
showed him how to fly.
does not know how to fly
had a heart attack.
Brian has two thoughts about landing the plane. What does he decide to do?
He forces the plane to land.
He forces the plane to land in a field.
He waits for the fuel to run out and then tries to land the plane in a lake.
He waits for the fuel to run out and then land the plane.
Hatchet uses flashbacks. What does Brian see while riding his bike with Terry?
He sees his mother in a car with a strange man.
He sees his mother in a car with a man he knows.
He sees his mother in a car with his father.
He sees his mother alone in a car at the mall.
"Come on he thought, baring his teeth in the darkness-- come on. Is that the best you can do? is that all you can hit me with a moose and a tornado?¨ What does this quotation indicate about Brian?
Brian will give up and no longer try to live in the wilderness.
Brian wishes he had a harder challenge.
Brian has the strength to overcome these obstacles.
What became of ¨The Secret¨?
Brianś mother told her exhusband.
Brian kept it to himself.
Brian had to testify in court.
Why does Brian not look through the survival pack as soon as he gets to the shore after retrieving it?
Brian is too tired.
Brian must get a fire started.
Brian must eat supper.
It is too wet and needs to dry
How many total days was Brian stranded in the Canadian wilderness?
108
54
47
77
Which of the following statements contains cause-effect relationship?
Since the fire went out, the mosquitoes started pestering Brian.
The whining sound grew louder and louder as the tornado drew closer to Brian.
Brian could see the tail of the plane sticking out of the lake.
Which evidence best supports the idea that the Secret is painful for Brian?
"Brian hated judges as he hated lawyers."
"Brian was going to wave or call out, but something stopped him. There was a man in the car."
"“How could he tell her what he knew? So he had remained silent, shook his head and continued to stare unseeing at the countryside.”
Read the following passage: "Somebody was screaming, screaming as the plane drove down into the water. Someone screamed tight animal screams of fear and pain and he did not know that it was his sound, that he roared against the water that took him and the plane still deeper, down in the water." The narrator's tone in this passage is mainly:
nervous and hopeful
helpless and frustrated
shocked and confused
Read this passage from Chapter 4 : "Hisses and blurks, small sounds, birds singing, hum insects, splashed from the fish jumping--there was a great noise here." How does the author use a literary device?
The author uses repetition to emphasize the different animals.
The author uses onomatopoeia to emphasize specific sounds.
The author uses metaphor to describe the jumping fish.
The author compares and contrasts effectively
How does the author use personification in the following passage: "It was as if all the berries, all the pits had exploded in the center of him ripped and tore at him."
to make a comparison between the berries and the pits
to show that the berries can sometimes have human traits
to emphasize that the pits felt powerful and destructive inside Brian.
To give human qualities to non-human things
How does the author use the porcupine attack to further the action of the novel?
Because he was attacked in the dark, Brian thinks of ways to create fire.
Brian feels self-pity, and he starts having dreams about his father.
Brian uses his new knowledge to fight the bear.
Which passage BEST demonstrates Brian's viewpoint on eating turtle eggs?
"If he looked at them he would have to eat more."
"He ate six of them, could have easily eaten all of them and not been full, but part of him said to hold back, save the rest."
"He could not now believe the hunger. The eggs had awakened it fully, so that tore at him.
Which answer represents a cause followed by an effect?
the skunk eats Brian's turtle eggs/ Brian builds a new shelter with heavier logs
Brian was blind for two hours/the skunk sprayed a direct shot at Brian's head
Brian used long branches to make a strong, new wall/ He took even thinner branches and wove those into the first layer
How has Brianś body changed since he crashed in the Canadian wilderness?
Brianś stomach has caved in, his skin is tanned, and his face is leathery from the smoke
Brianś arms have grown strong from all the firewood he has carried.
Brian's hair is long and shaggy, and his nails are broken and ragged.
What did Brian discover was the secret to catching a foolbird?
Look for softness of feathers
Look for the correct brown color of the bird
Look for the pear-shaped body
Wait for a high pitched noise
Even though the tornado caused much destruction for Brian, it also brought him some luck. What was that luck?
Brian was able to get fresh new pine boughs for his bed.
The tail of the plane was sticking out of the water which lead him to finding the survival pack.
It got the moose.
It helped him to see where the transmitter was
The rifle and lighter made Brian feel
happy because now he could have an easier life.
changed because he didn't need to rely on his own survival skills
angry because they were both broken
