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Hatchet Ch. 11-15 Quiz

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What tool did Brian have to reinvent?

a)

a hammer

b)

a wheel

c)

a bow and arrow

d)

a fishing rod

2.

What kind of eggs does Brian find to eat?

a)

Turtle eggs

b)

Fish eggs

c)

Chicken eggs

d)

Dinosaur eggs

3.

Why does Brian take four baths a day at a certain point?

a)

He is bored

b)

He was sprayed by a skunk

c)

He feels dirty out in the wilderness

d)

so his smell will not be detectable by bears

4.

After a plane flies overhead and does not see Brian, by which method does Brian try to kill himself?

a)

jumping off a cliff

b)

drowning

c)

hanging himself

d)

cutting his arm with his hatchet

5.

The spear works perfectly for Brian the first time he uses it.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

While surviving in the wilderness, Brian changed by:

a)

missing school

b)

missing home

c)

wanting to forgive his parents

d)

noticing nature more

7.

He held the fish against the sky until it stopped wiggling, held it and looked to the sky and felt his throat tighten, swell, and fill with pride at what he had done.

He had done food.

With his bow, a with an arrow fashioned by his own hands he had done food, and found a way to live. The bow had given him this way and he exulted in it, in the bow, in the arrow, in the fish, in the hatchet, in the sky.


What does the word exulted mean as used the text?

a)

rejoiced

b)

clenched

c)

full

d)

made

8.

What is the best theme for Chapters 13-15 of Hatchet?

a)

Take a deep breath and relax

b)

Don't hold anything back

c)

Take your time

d)

Learn from your mistakes and never give up

9.

How many days does Brian say he has currently been in the wilderness for?

a)

42 days

b)

45 days

c)

47 days

d)

51 days

10.

What animal nearly blinded Brian permanently?

a)

bird

b)

purcupine

c)

wolf

d)

skunk

e)

bear

11.

The plane spots Brian and makes an effort to get back to him.

a)

true

b)

false

12.

Which answer represents a cause followed by an effect?

a)

the skunk eats Brian's turtle eggs/ Brian builds a new shelter with heavier logs

b)

Brian used long branches to make a strong, new wall/ He took even thinner branches and wove those into the first layer

c)

Brian was blind for two hours/ the skunk sprayed a direct shot at Brian's legs

13.

Brian gets the idea to make a bow and arrow.

a)

true

b)

false

14.

What did Brian use to measure time?

a)

Marks in the stone

b)

Birds that flocked in the bushes

c)

watch in his pocket

d)

when the sun set

15.

The corrosive spray that his his face seared into his lungs and eyes, blinding him.


What is the meaning of the word corrosive as used above?

a)

compact

b)

shameful

c)

harmful

d)

large

16.

When Brian was hunting a foolbird, what was the secret key he had to look at to catch the bird?

a)

sound of bird

b)

color of feathers

c)

outline of bird

d)

how the bird flew

17.

What are the two most important things about nature, what drives nature?

a)

food and shelter

b)

water and spear

c)

fire and food

d)

shelter and animals

18.

In Ch. 15 it talks about the day of First Meat. What was Brian's "First Meat"?

a)

squirrel

b)

turtle

c)

foolbird

d)

rabbit

19.

What problem did Brian face once he had killed the foolbird?

a)

The foolbird was rotten, so he had to throw it away.

b)

He had to clean it but had never cleaned one before.

c)

When the wolf came, he was frightened, so he could not find the bird.

20.

How did Brian improve his shelter?

a)

built a sight-seeing deck on top

b)

he tore it down, then built it out of stones

c)

he built a door that had three locks on it

d)

he built a food shelf to protect his food

21.

Brian says that he no longer has hope of being rescued. Instead, Brian says he has ______________ hope.

a)

sad

b)

tough

c)

food

d)

happy

22.

When Brian wakes up from his near death, what two true things came to his mind?

a)

he was hungry and thirsty

b)

he was not the same and would not let death in again

c)

he was going home and never getting on a plane again

d)

he was not the same and was going to eventually die

23.

Brian forgot that water _________________ light

a)

contracts

b)

distracts

c)

refracts

d)

mistracts

24.

Brian uses fish scraps for?

a)

seasoning

b)

food

c)

fire

d)

bait

25.

To get to his new storage place, Brian made a __________?

a)

steps

b)

ladder

c)

pully system

d)

step stool

26.

How has Brian's body changed since he crashed in the Canadian wilderness?

a)

Brian's arms had grown strong from all the fire wood he carried.

b)

Brian's face was scared from the plane crash.

c)

Brian's hair was long and shaggy and his nails were broken.

d)

Brian's stomach had caved in, his skin was tanned, and his face was leathery.

27.

What two senses of Brian did he realized had changed?

a)

taste and sound

b)

sight and touch

c)

sight and sound

d)

smell and sound

28.

How did Brian feel at the end of Chapter 12?

a)

excited to see a plane

b)

good with a full stomach

c)

like all hope was gone

d)

he would be rescued at anytime