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Hatchet 10-12 Comprehension

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What keeps the insects away?
a)
The smell of skunk
b)
Smoke
c)
A gentle breeze
2.
What happens when Brian makes a fire in his shelter?
a)
It fills up with smoke.
b)
It draws up the smoke like a chimney, but holds in the heat.
c)
It gets burning hot.
3.
What does Brian think about?
a)
He wonders what his father is doing now.
b)
He wonders what his mother is doing now.
c)
He wonders if she is with him.
d)
All of the above
4.
What does Brian realize he can do now?
a)
He can make a smoke signal for rescue planes.
b)
He can burn out a tree trunk and make a canoe.
c)
He can cook deer meat on his fire.
5.
What does Brian dig up?
a)
Wild carrots
b)
Worms for bait
c)
Turtle eggs
6.
Describe the taste of the eggs.
a)
Greasy and oily
b)
Just like chicken
c)
Fishy
7.
What does Brian do with the extra eggs?
a)
He uses them to lure a rabbit into a trap.
b)
He stores them in his shelter for later.
c)
There are no extras. He eats them all.
8.
Why doesn't Brian's fish spear work?
a)
The fish are too smart. They swim off as soon as they see him.
b)
The fish are too fast.
c)
The point is not sharp enough to spear the fish.
9.
Why don't the insects bother Brian anymore?
a)
It is later in the season and too cold for bugs.
b)
Brian's body odor keeps them away.
c)
The smell of smoke on his body wards them off.
10.
How has his hunger changed?
a)
He is craving vegetables now.
b)
His hunger is managable and makes him want to hunt.
c)
He needs to eat a lot of berries and eggs to get full.
11.
What is Brian sure he heard?
a)
A search plane
b)
Voices
c)
A bear growling
12.
What does Brian fear losing?
a)
His hatchet
b)
His hope
c)
His strength
13.

Which passage best demonstrates Brian's viewpoint on eating turtle eggs?

a)

"If he looked at them he would have to eat more."

b)

"He ate six of them, could have easily eaten all of them and not been full, but part of hem said to hold back, save the rest."

c)

"He could not now believe the hunger. The eggs had awakened it fully, roaringly, so that it tore at him."

14.

Which example BEST shows Brian's frustration with the fish spear?

a)

"He had been so sure, so absolutely certain that it would work the night before."

b)

"At first he tried throwing it, but that had no chance."

c)

"He needed something to spring the spear forward, some way to make it move faster than the fish---some motive force."

15.

How does the author use a literary device in the following passage?

He put all of his life into his legs, jumped logs and moved through brush like a light ghost, swiveling and running, his lungs filling and blowing

a)

a metaphor is used to compare Brian's legs and his lungs.

b)

A Simile is use dto emphasize Brian's swift movements.

c)

A simile is used to describe the ghost.

16.

Read each passage from the scene where the search plane flies away in Chapter 12.

Choose the passage in which the narrator's tone can be described as mournful:

a)

"He went down to his knees and felt the tears start, cutting through the smoke and ash on his face, silently falling onto the stone."

b)

"Look back, he thought. Look back and see the smoke now and turn, please turn."

c)

"But it kept moving away until he could not hear it even in his imagination, in his soul."