Hatchet Chapters 3 - 4

1. The Cessna crashes because ________________.
a) it runs out of gas
b) a bird hits the propeller
c) the plane has engine failure
d) the plane hits a tree

2. When Brian woke the next morning his legs were cramped and drawn up and his back hurt when he tried to move, but worst of all was ___________.
a) the throb in his head
b) the cut on his chest
c) the pounding in his jaw
d) the twisting of his stomach

3. Before the sun came up Brian was bothered by ______________.
a) bats
b) mosquitoes
c) snakes
d) deer

4. Brian saw ___________________ when he was riding his bicycle with his friend Terry.
a) a bank robber shoot a policeman
b) his mother with a blond headed man
c) his girlfriend with another boy
d) his teacher get hit by a car

5. What happened to Brian when he was 9 years old?
a) Brian was hit in the nose with a baseball.
b) Brian broke his collar bone while skate boarding.
c) Brian had to get stitches around his eye where he was hit by a rock.
d) Brian drove his bike into a car and broke his ankle.

6. Brian had a hard time trying to stay awake after the plane crash.
a) True
b) False

7. Brian thought the place where he had landed was ugly with its brown trees.
a) True
b) False

8. Brian is troubled by the secret.
a) True
b) False

9. A piece of metal from the plane stabbed Brian in the leg during the plane crash.
a) True
b) False

10. 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) 2, 4, 1, 3
b) 1, 2, 4, 3
c) 3, 2, 4, 1
d) 4, 3, 1, 2

11. 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

12. Which statement from Hatchet contains a cause-effect relationship?
a) The crash is over and I am alive, he thought.
b) He raised himself and crawled out of the water, grunting with pain of movement.
c) Because of 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) The pilot in the plane, down into the water, down into the blue water strapped in the seat . . .



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1. (a)
2. (a)
3. (b)
4. (b)
5. (d)
6. (a)
7. (b)
8. (a)
9. (b)
10. (d)
11. (b)
12. (c)