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Hatchet Chapters 8-15

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Ch 8: Brian learned the most important rule of survival after the porcupine attack... what was it?
a)
Feeling sorry for yourself didn't work
b)
Never throw something in the dark
c)
Never sleep without a weapon
d)
Stay calm no matter what happens
2.
What was the key to making the fire?
a)
Brian needed a lot of small, dry twigs
b)
Brian was trying to make his fire inside; he should have done it outside
c)
Brian remembered he had a lighter in the pocket of his windbreaker
d)
Brian realized he could use the hatchet to create a spark
3.
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
4.
What major change has Brian noticed in himself throughout the 40 + days he has been by himself?
a)
He was forgetting how to speak because he had no one to talk to.
b)
He knew sounds; he didn't just hear them. He saw all the parts of things.
c)
He had grown taller during his time alone.
d)
He fell into a deep depression and hardly moves anymore.
5.
How did Brian feel after he realized the search plane disappeared?
a)
He hoped a pilot with sharper eyes would look for him next
b)
He felt that all hope was gone
c)
He was glad, because he was having a good time and didn't want to be rescued.
d)
He thought the search pilot was playing a game with him and would come back soon
6.
What did Brian decide to do with his shelter?
a)
Add stone and mud to the walls
b)
Tear it down and build it again.
c)
Find a new shelter in a cave
d)
Build a hammock and teepee
7.
What did Brian make to keep food out of reach of animals?
a)
A shelf with a ladder
b)
A small room with a door
c)
A special box with a lock
d)
A hidden hole in the ground
8.
What  happened to Brian when he was really depressed?
a)
He went too close to a bear
b)
He cut himself with the hatchet
c)
He tried to jump off of a tree
d)
He burned himself with the fire
9.
How did Brian catch fish?
a)
With a fishing rod that he created out of a branch.
b)
with a bow and arrow 
c)
by quickly snatching them up with his hands
d)
by trapping them in a cage that he made 
10.
Brian feels like he has died and has become ...
a)
A better friend
b)
A new Brian
c)
The same Brian
11.
Brian's attempts to make a fire fail several times, yet he continues to try different things.
This shows that Brian is ________.
a)
caring
b)
confident
c)
deteremined
d)
brave
12.

Why were the foolbirds hard to catch?

a)

they flew high in the sky

b)

they were camouflage

c)

they fly very fast

d)

they were always attacked by other animals

13.

Brian knew how many days he has been in the Canadian wilderness by ---.

a)

making a mark for each day on the stone near the door of his shelter.

b)

by dropping rocks into a bag he hung up on a nearby tree.

c)

by piling up sticks, one for each day

d)

by his watch that tells the date