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WorksheetsHatchet review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
The memory was like a knife cutting into him. Slicing deep into him with hate. What type of figurative language is this?
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Idiom
Be asleep, his mind screamed at the pilot. What type of figurative language is this?
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
Boom! Went the plane engine. What type of figurative language is this?
Simile
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Which of the following defines the term setting?
Putting something into place.
What happens in the story.
The place or time in which the action of a narrative takes place.
True or False: There can be multiple different settings within a story.
True
False
Why is the setting of a story important?
It can reveal more about plot and characterization.
It is fun to know where the story takes place.
There is no importance of setting.
In the book Hatchet by Gary Paulson. What is the main setting of this book?
New York City
Amazon Rainforest
Northern Canada wilderness
How is the setting important in Hatchet?
It is interesting to read about nature described
The setting in the main drive of the conflict and narrative
The setting does not impact the story
Which of the following defines the term symbol?
An object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning in a story but suggests or represents other meanings
The overall narrative of the story
Comparing something using like or as
True or False: The plane is a major symbol in Hatchet.
True
False
What does the plane in Hatchet symbolize?
The plane is not a symbol.
A way to get from here to there.
An ending and beginning or life and death.
True or False: A metaphor compares two unlike things often by using the words "like" or "as."
True
False
Which example below from Hatchet is a metaphor?
"His stomach tightened into a series of rolling knots and his breath came in short bursts"
"The hatchet cut through the aluminum if it were soft cheese"
"Gradually, like sloshing oil his thoughts settled back and panic was gone."
"He closed his eyes and slept, dreamless, deep and down." What type of figurative language is this?
Alliteration
Personification
Idiom
Simile
Who gave Brian the Hatchet?
His father
His girlfriend
His mother
The pilot
How did the pilot of the plane die
Stroke
Heart attack
Plane crash
A passenger killed him
What was "the secret" to which Brian's thoughts often wander?
His mother was seeing someone else
That his mother was pregnant
That Brian wants to run away from home
That his father is seeing someone else
What was Brian's father's job?
Teacher
Mechanic
Lumberjack
Oil engineer
What led to Brian's eventual rescue?
He found a transmitter in the plane wreckage
His parents sent out rescuers
Hikers discovered his camp and took him to the nearest town in their van
The pilot emerged from a coma and knew of their location
When Brian has to fly the plane himself after the pilot's heart attack, what prior experience helps him?
He used to fly with his Uncle Carter
The pilot had let him take the controls for a few minutes earlier in the ride
He had read a lot of books and seen a lot of movies about planes
He had watched the pilot very closely
