WorksheetsHatchet Summative Assessment
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is the setting of "Hatchet"?
Alaskan Islands
Canadian Wilderness
Hawaiian Islands
North Georgia Wilderness
Who is the protagonist in "Hatchet"?
Brian
Dad
Mom
Pilot
What is the main conflict of "Hatchet"?
Brian is upset because he is with his dad and not Terry for the summer.
Brian is mad because his hatchet broke.
Brian gets car sick in airplanes.
Brian is stranded in the Canadian wilderness.
What is "the secret"?
His dad is having an affair.
His dad and mom are not getting a divorce.
His mom is having an affair.
His mom is surprising his dad in Canada.
Why was Brian traveling in a plane?
He was riding around for fun.
He wanted to be a pilot.
He was going to Canada to visit his dad.
The pilot was his friend.
Why did the plane fly off course?
The plane jerked as the pilot had a heart attack.
The pilot did not know how to fly.
The pilot turned on autopilot.
The pilot did not have any maps.
Why could Brian not carry on a conversation with the pilot when they first got on the plane?
The pilot had on a headset and it was loud.
They did not speak the same language.
The pilot was deaf.
Brian forgot how to speak.
The encounter with the porcupine adds to the development of Brian’s understanding of survival mainly by ______________ .
teaching him that feeling sorry for himself doesn’t work
reminding him that he needs a fire to keep himself from freezing
revealing an additional food source to combat his hunger
increasing his paranoia about the dangers around him
The author mainly shows the theme of self-reliance in Chapters 8–12 through ______________ .
Brian’s success in building a fire
Brian’s response to a porcupine attack
Brian’s idea to build a fish spear
Brian’s reaction to his parents’ divorce
The drone and the sea of green trees that lay before the plane's nose and flowed to the horizon, spread with lakes, swamps, and wandering streams and rivers.
metaphor
idiom
hyperbole
alliteration
The pilot seemed more a machine than a man, an extension of the plane.
metaphor
idiom
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
Those were the normal things he would say, but her voice had a sound like something thin that would break if you touched it.
personification
idiom
irony
simile
The plane did not dive, but the nose went down slightly and the down-angle increased the speed, and he knew at this angle, he would ultimately fly into the trees.
personification
idiom
irony
simile
For a second, all he heard was the whusssh of the empty air waves.
onomatopoeia
pun
analogy
simile
Brian felt like a prisoner, kept in a small cell that was hurtling through the sky.
onomatopoeia
pun
analogy
simile
Why does Brian hesitate to get into the plane?
The water has gotten very cold
He thinks it might sink with him trapped inside
He's not sure which way to go
Brian has always had a fear of planes since he was little
How is Brian able to calm himself after the terrible sight inside the sunken plane?
He thinks of his favorite food
He looks at the peaceful beauty around him
He thinks of the comforts of home
Brian wakes up from a bad dream
She was sitting in a station wagon, a strange wagon.
Alliteration
Imagery
Personification
Simile
He closed his eyes and slept, dreamless, deep and down.
Alliteration
Imagery
Personification
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The memory was like a knife cutting into him. Slicing deep into him with hate.
Alliteration
Imagery
Personification
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But between the seventeenth and eighteenth radio transmissions, without warning , the engine coughed, roared violently for a second and died.
Alliteration
Imagery
Personification
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Why did Brian get frustrated with the foolbirds?
He thought they tasted terrible
They were so difficult to find
They were too much work for so little meat
They didn't taste like his mom's chicken
Why didn't Brian just catch the squirrels or rabbits?
He never saw any squirrels or rabbits
They are toxic to eat
They were way too quick
He didn't like the taste of them
Which character trait does NOT describe Brian in chapter 15?
Determined
Clever
Obnoxious
Motivated
"The sun exploded the sky, just blew it up with the setting color"
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
alliteration
onomatopoeia
"He was also wrinkled as a prune and ready for a break."
simile
metaphor
alliteration
personification
Why did Brain remember what his teacher, Mr. Perpich, would say?
Because Mr. Perpich would remind them not to go near water
Because Mr. Perpich would remind his students to stay positive & stay on top of things
Because Mr. Perpich would allow students to venture out in to the woods by his school
Mr. Perpich was his chorus teacher and allowed them to sing when they got nervous or scared
What happens as a result of Brian dropping the hatchet?
Brian is enraged at his carelessness
Brian laughs out loud
Brian gives up
Brian is thankful because the hatchet was weighing him down
Why does Brian hesitate to get into the plane?
The water has gotten very cold
He thinks it might sink with him trapped inside
He's not sure which way to go
Brian is clostrophobic in tight spaces
While out at the plane, what sight horrifies Brian?
his own blood
the pilot's skull
a dead raccoon
dead fish floating inside the plane
What does Brian hope to find in the plane that will make him “rich?”
Survival pack
His wallet
Gold
Cell phone
How did the pilot who saved Brian find him?
He heard Brian on the transmitter radio.
He saw Brian’s fire.
He landed in the lake to go fishing.
He saw a picture of Brian on the news and recognized him from the air
After the tornado, why did Brian go back to the plane?
to get the survival pack
to get his suitcase
to bury the pilot
to get his hatchet
How long was Brian stranded in the wilderness?
54 days
54 weeks
45 days
45 weeks
After he was rescued, Brian finally told his dad about "the secret".
False
True
Who said it:
"Don't know kid...Bad aches here. Bad aches. Thought it was something I ate but..."
the pilot
Brian
Brian's dad
Mr. Perpich
Who said it:
"You're him, aren't you? You're that kid? They quit looking, a month, no, almost two months ago. You're him, aren't you?"
The pilot who was mapping Cree trapping camps for future buying runs
the pilot delivering oil-drilling equipment
a reporter
the man Brian's mom was seeing
Who said it:
"Look, can't we talk this over? Can't we talk this out? Can't you tell me what's bothering you?"
Brian's mom
Brian's dad
the pilot
the moose
Who said it:
"Help! Somebody help me! I'm in this plane and don't know...don't know...don't know..."
Brian
the pilot
the moose
the skunk
Be asleep, his mind screamed at the pilot.
Alliteration
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Repetition
All so still looking, so stopped, the pond and the moose and the trees, as he slid over them now only three or four hundred feet off the ground – all like a picture.
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