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Hatchet

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who gave Brian the Hatchet?

a)

his mother

b)

his father

c)

the pilot

d)

Amazon

2.

How did the pilot of the plane die?

a)

in the plane crash

b)

stroke

c)

heart attack

d)

passenger

3.

What happened during the car ride with Brian and his mother from the city to meet the plane?

a)

Brian's mother yelled at him

b)

Brian's mother tried to get him to talk about what seemed to be bothering him

c)

Brian starts crying

d)

Brian tells his mother he knows her secret

4.

What was Brian's father's job?

a)

teacher

b)

fur trapper

c)

lawyer

d)

oil engineer

5.

What was the purpose of Brian's trip to the Canadian wilderness?

a)

to learn about nature

b)

to visit his father

c)

to learn how to fly a plane

d)

to visit his uncle

6.

What led to Brian's eventual rescue?

a)

He found a transmitter in the plan wreckage

b)

He googled how to escape the Canadian wilderness

c)

The pilot emerged from a coma and knew where they were and how to save them

d)

Hikers found him

7.

Why does Brian realize he might be in the woods longer than he initially anticipated?

a)

he heard once on television that rescue searches stop after two days

b)

he knows that there are no big cities nearby

c)

he realized he bumped the steering wheel and had veered way off course

d)

no one knew he was taking the trip- it was the secret

8.

When Brian has to fly the plane himself after the pilot's heart attack, what prior experience helps him?

a)

He had watched the pilot very closely.

b)

He had taken flying lessons as a kid.

c)

In addition to remembering books and shows he had seen about planes, the pilot had coached him a bit before his heart attack.

d)

Siri is there to talk him through it.

9.

What was Brian mostly thinking about on the flight before the pilot's heart attack?

a)

his upcoming vacation

b)

His parents divorce

c)

his baseball team

d)

a book he had read in school

10.

Where did Brian decide was the best place to land the plane?

a)

on a lake

b)

on a mountain

c)

in a field

d)

on a road

11.

What is the first food that Brian finds in the woods?

a)

moose

b)

berries

c)

rabbit

d)

fish

12.

Where did Brian first see a bear?

a)

by the lake

b)

in the berry patch

c)

aside his shelter

d)

on a mountaintop

13.

What kind of animal hurt Brian?

a)

porcupine

b)

bear

c)

moose

d)

wolf

14.

Who appeared in Brian's dream to help him make fire?

a)

his mother

b)

his father

c)

the pilot

d)

his best friend, Terry

15.

What kind of eggs does Brian find to eat?

a)

duck

b)

snapping turtle

c)

painted turtle

d)

eagle

16.

What tool did Brian have to reinvent?

a)

bow & arrow

b)

hatchet

c)

wheel

d)

hammer

17.

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

a)

to keep the bugs away

b)

he was sprayed by a skunk

c)

he was bored

d)

to keep his scent undetectable

18.

While everything after the plane crash created the "New Brian"- what events helped him realize this?

a)

seeing the wolves

b)

catching fish

c)

the moose attack

d)

the tornado

19.

What was sticking out the lake after the tornado?

a)

parts of Brian's shelter

b)

his fish corral

c)

the hatchet

d)

the plane

20.

How did Brian get out to the plane in the middle of the lake?

a)

he swam

b)

he built a canoe from his memory of a book he had read about Native Americans

c)

the tornado had caused the lake to become shallow enough to walk

d)

he built a raft

21.

What happened when Brian was trying to cut into the side of the plane?

a)

he dropped his hatchet

b)

he broke his hatchet

c)

the plane sank to the bottom of the lake

d)

his hand was cut on the metal

22.

How likely are you to recommend the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen to a friend or family member?

a)

Absolutely!

b)

Maybe- depends on the friend or family member

c)

Absolutely not!

d)

Other

23.

How likely are you to read another book by Gary Paulsen?

a)

Absolutely!

b)

Maybe

c)

Absolutely not!

d)

Other

24.

What was the theme of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen? Please provide evidence to support your thinking.

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