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Hatchet 1-4 Comprehension & Vocabulary

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is Brian going to visit?
a)
He friend
b)
His mom
c)
His dad
d)
His grandparents
2.
Who gave Brian the hatchet?
a)
His mom
b)
His grandparents
c)
His friend
d)
His dad
3.
Where did Brian put the hatchet when he got it?
a)
In his pocket
b)
In his duffel bag
c)
In his closet
d)
On his belt
4.
How did Brian try to get help?
a)
He called on the radio.
b)
He turned the plan around.
c)
He set off the emergence flares.
d)
He never tried to get help.
5.
What did Brian decided to do?
a)
Turn around and fly back to Hampton.
b)
Try to land immediately.
c)
Continue flying until he ran out of fuel.
d)
Watch for other planes, so a pilot could help him.
6.
Where is Brian going?
a)
To California
b)
To Central America
c)
To Colorado
d)
To the Canadian oil fields
7.
What was Brian thinking about as he rode to see his father? 
a)
his girlfriend
b)
catching fish
c)
what he and his father were going to do over the summer
d)
his parents' divorce
8.
Which event occurred first? 
a)
Brian vomited
b)
The plane crashed into the lake
c)
Brian felt like his legs were on fire and his head felt like a hammer was hitting him. 
d)
The pilot had a heart attack and died. 
9.
What creatures bothered Brian just before the sun came up? 
a)
bats
b)
mosquitoes
c)
snakes
d)
deer
10.
What do we find out about the secret in chapter 4?
a)
That the divorce was Brian's fault
b)
The secret was Brian's parents are getting divorced
c)
Brian sees his mother in the car with another man
d)
His parents aren't really getting divorced
11.
Which sequence best describes the order of events in Hatchet? 1) The plane crashed into the lake. 2)Brian felt like his legs were on fire and his head felt like a hammer was hitting him. 3) Brian vomited. 4) The pilot had a heart attack and died.
a)
A) 3, 2, 4, 1
b)
B) 2, 4, 1, 3
c)
C) 4, 3, 1, 2
d)
D) 1, 2, 4, 3
12.
Which statement from Hatchet contains a cause-and-effect relationship?
a)
A) The pilot in the plane, down into the water, down into the blue water strapped in the seat. . .
b)
B) The crash is over and I am alive, he thought.
c)
C) Because the mosquitoes, the backs of his hands were puffy and his eyes were almost swollen shut, and he saw everything through a narrow squint.
d)
D) He raised himself and crawled out of the water, grunting with pain of movement.
13.
What did the pilot teach Brian while they were flying?
a)
A) how to fill the gas tank on a Cessna 406
b)
B) how to steer a Cessna 406
c)
C) how to read the instrument panel on a Cessna 406
d)
D) how to use a hatchet
14.
How often did Brian use the radio to call for help?
a)
A) every 2 hours
b)
B) every hour
c)
C) every 30 minutes
d)
D) every 10 minutes
15.
Where did Brian decide to land the plane?
a)
A) on an empty road
b)
B) on top of a mountain
c)
C) on the edge of a lake
d)
D) in an empty field
16.
What is the main conflict of Chapters 1 and 2?
a)
A) The pilot who is flying the Cessna has a heart attack leaving Brian alone in the plane.
b)
B) Brian must spend the summer with his father in Canada instead of with his friends in New York.
c)
C) Brian's parents get a divorce.
d)
D) Brian's mother gives him a gift he doesn't like.
17.
What was the worst pain that Brian experienced when he woke up the next morning?
a)
A) the pounding in his jaw
b)
B) the throb in his head
c)
C) the cut on his chest
d)
D) the twisting of his stomach
18.

The author of Hatchet, Gary Paulsen, most likely wrote Hatchet to ______.

a)

inform readers how to survive a plane crash

b)

entertain readers with a story about a courageous boy

c)

persuade readers to learn how to drive a Cessna 406

d)

amuse readers with a funny story

19.

Brian is troubled by the secret

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Able to be heard

a)

Spasm

b)

Consuming

c)

Audible

d)

Slewed

21.

injure (a part of the body) as a result of a sudden twisting movement.

a)

Wrenching

b)

Lurched

c)

Spasm

d)

Wincing

22.

give a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of or in anticipation of pain or distress

a)

Tundra

b)

Wincing

c)

Rudder

d)

Consuming

23.

a vertical airfoil pivoted from the horizontal stabilizer of an aircraft, for controlling movement around the vertical axis.

a)

Turbulence

b)

Rudder

c)

Lurched

24.

A vast, flat, treeless, Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.

a)

Hummocks

b)

Tundra

25.

touch or scrape lightly in passing

a)

Grimacing

b)

Grazed

c)

Wincing

26.

Violent or unsteady movement of air or water, or of some other fluid

a)

Turbulence

b)

Slewed

c)

Spasm

27.

From information presented in chapters 3-4, we can conclude that--

a)

there is a small town or village nearby

b)

the man in the white shirt is the reason Brian's parents are getting a divorce

c)

the beaver lodge would be a good place to escape the flies and mosquitos

d)

the water is in the lake is very clean

28.

Why did Brian think divorce was an ugly word?

a)

It meant he would have to change schools

b)

it meant he would no longer be able to live with his mother

c)

it meant spending time with grandparents in the forest

d)

it meant fighting, yelling, and lawyers

29.

The classrooms got ___ of carpet for their floor.

a)

wallow

b)

remnants

c)

glittering

d)

amphibious

30.

Brian had a ___ sense of survival that helped him after the crash.

a)

wallow

b)

keening

c)

glittering

d)

viciously

31.
Definition: a period of time between events or states (noun)
a)
altimeter
b)
altameter
c)
intervals
d)
intervels
32.
Definition: an instrument for measuring altitude (noun)
a)
turbulence
b)
turbulance
c)
altameter
d)
altimeter
33.

A synonym for wrenching is _____

a)

twisting

b)

wallowing

c)

raking

d)

droning

34.

A synonym of keening is___?

a)

quiet

b)

simple

c)

distant

d)

severe

35.

A small tool like an axe used with one hand.

a)

hatchet

b)

rudder

c)

altimeter

d)

coarse

36.

What is the meaning of abated?

a)

To become more intense

b)

To become less intense

c)

To throbbed or beat

d)

Something that is gigantic

37.

This story is told from what point of view?

a)

1st person

b)

2nd person

c)

3rd person

38.

"...As the plane clawed for altitude..." is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

simile

b)

oxymoron

c)

personification

d)

onomatopoeia

39.

"Oh God, my chest is coming apart!" is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

hyperbole

b)

personification

c)

metaphor

d)

alliteration

40.

We get hints that the pilot will have a heart attack, such as the fact that he keeps rubbing his left arm. Signs/hints about what will happen in the future are called:

a)

dialogue

b)

flashbacks

c)

foreshadowing

d)

themes

41.

"It's as if his hands and arms were lead." is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

metaphor

b)

hyperbole

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

oxymoron

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