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Hatchet review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The memory was like a knife cutting into him. Slicing deep into him with hate. What type of figurative language is this?

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Idiom

2.

Be asleep, his mind screamed at the pilot. What type of figurative language is this?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

3.

Boom! Went the plane engine. What type of figurative language is this?

a)

Simile

b)

Idiom

c)

Onomatopoeia

4.

Which of the following defines the term setting?

a)

Putting something into place.

b)

What happens in the story.

c)

The place or time in which the action of a narrative takes place.

5.

True or False: There can be multiple different settings within a story.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Why is the setting of a story important?

a)

It can reveal more about plot and characterization.

b)

It is fun to know where the story takes place.

c)

There is no importance of setting.

7.

In the book Hatchet by Gary Paulson. What is the main setting of this book?

a)

New York City

b)

Amazon Rainforest

c)

Northern Canada wilderness

8.

How is the setting important in Hatchet?

a)

It is interesting to read about nature described

b)

The setting in the main drive of the conflict and narrative

c)

The setting does not impact the story

9.

Which of the following defines the term symbol?

a)

An object, a person, a situation, or an action that has a literal meaning in a story but suggests or represents other meanings

b)

The overall narrative of the story

c)

Comparing something using like or as

10.

True or False: The plane is a major symbol in Hatchet.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What does the plane in Hatchet symbolize?

a)

The plane is not a symbol.

b)

A way to get from here to there.

c)

An ending and beginning or life and death.

12.

True or False: A metaphor compares two unlike things often by using the words "like" or "as."

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Which example below from Hatchet is a metaphor?

a)

"His stomach tightened into a series of rolling knots and his breath came in short bursts"

b)

"The hatchet cut through the aluminum if it were soft cheese"

c)

"Gradually, like sloshing oil his thoughts settled back and panic was gone."

14.

"He closed his eyes and slept, dreamless, deep and down." What type of figurative language is this?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Personification

c)

Idiom

d)

Simile

15.

Who gave Brian the Hatchet?

a)

His father

b)

His girlfriend

c)

His mother

d)

The pilot

16.

How did the pilot of the plane die

a)

Stroke

b)

Heart attack

c)

Plane crash

d)

A passenger killed him

17.

What was "the secret" to which Brian's thoughts often wander?

a)

His mother was seeing someone else

b)

That his mother was pregnant

c)

That Brian wants to run away from home

d)

That his father is seeing someone else

18.

What was Brian's father's job?

a)

Teacher

b)

Mechanic

c)

Lumberjack

d)

Oil engineer

19.

What led to Brian's eventual rescue?

a)

He found a transmitter in the plane wreckage

b)

His parents sent out rescuers

c)

Hikers discovered his camp and took him to the nearest town in their van

d)

The pilot emerged from a coma and knew of their location

20.

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

a)

He used to fly with his Uncle Carter

b)

The pilot had let him take the controls for a few minutes earlier in the ride

c)

He had read a lot of books and seen a lot of movies about planes

d)

He had watched the pilot very closely