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Hatchet
By TAYLOR WALKER
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Question 1
1.
What did Brian do after the plane engine died?
He steered it toward a lake so it would crash into the water.
He put on his parachute, opened the plane door and jumped.
He called the air traffic controller for instructions.
He glided it toward an open meadow as the pilot had told him to do.
Question 2
2.
When remembering the pilot's heart attack, Brian realized that ---------.
his parents didn't know that he had run away to join his father
the pilot had not turned on the radio before sending a distress call
he was probably only a few miles away from his destination
the plane could have crashed hundreds of miles off the flight plan course
Question 3
3.
While looking around the lake, what did Brian find that made him feel lucky?
items of clothing he had lost in the water and that he floated to shore
a piece of wood that he could hollow out for a bowl
the overhang of a ledge that he could use as a shelter
some of the provisions that he had thrown from the plane
Question 4
4.
What did Brian remember after the dream about his father and Terry?
Terry had suggested that he get a hatchet, and his dad had given it to him.
His father had taught Terry and him a lot about survival in the woods
He had seen a shower of sparks when he threw his hatchet at the procupine.
His hatchet was outside in the rain, and he needed to bring it in.
Question 5
5.
After studying tracks in the sand and trying to understand them, Brian -----------.
used his shoelaces to make a goose trap
rebuilt his shelter wall to make it wolf-proof
began digging in the sand and found turtle eggs
followed the tracks to where a pair of ducks were nesting
Question 6
6.
What left Brian with nothing and made him want to die?
having the search plane come and go without seeing him
seeing the wall of his shelter being torn apart by a bear
watching the ravens eat all the blueberries
dropping his hatchet down an animal's burrow
Question 7
7.
How did Brian learn the lesson to protect his food and improve his shelter?
by losing his catch of fish to a heron
by watching a family of deer
by having a fox move into his shelter
by being sprayed by a skunk
Question 8
8.
While sleeping after the moose attack, Brian was awakened by the ----------.
roaring of a tornado that whipped him around his shelter
pounding of sleet slamming against the shelter wall
howl of a coyote sitting outside the door of his shelter
smell of a fire much stronger than his campfire
Question 9
9.
What did Brian do before trying to get the survival pack from the plane?
He sharpened his hatchet on a hard black rock.
He built a raft to use as an operating base.
He recited a poem to the memory of the dead pilot.
He tied a rope of old wines to a tree and then to his waist.
Question 10
10.
Why did the pilot who rescued Brian land on the lake?
He saw the smoke coming from Brian's campfire.
Some Native people had reported that a boy was living near the lake.
He heard the emergency transmitter and then saw the plane tail.
He had been sent to survey the lake and the land surrounding it.