Hatchet Chapter 10, 11, 12

What can the reader conclude about this statement:

"Brian did not want to leave the fire at first."

• Brian is being childish and needs to grow up.

• Brian was fearful about the fire burning out.

• Brian liked not getting mosquito bites.

• Brian is afraid of having to cut more firewood.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

What can the reader infer about Brian chopping so much firewood?

• He just likes to work out.

• He is having fun.

• He is preparing wood in advance.

• He is about to light the area on fire to signal for a plane.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

What is the author's purpose in the following sentence:

"It was a wonderful discovery."

• to entertain the reader

• the persuade the reader

• to inform the reader

• to cause the reader to feel worried.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

Why does the author emphasize the problem of the buzzing, biting

mosquitoes in many of the chapters?

• Because he is concerned about them biting Brian too much

• Because he is bringing special attention to them

• Because he dislikes mosquitoes and wants the reader to hate them too

• Because they make good fishing lures.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

What does the author convey to the reader when he

tells about the water turtle coming ashore to lay eggs?

• That they bite

• That there may be holes everywhere

• That they may be a source of food

• That they might put out his fire.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

Why were there two sets of tracks in the sand?

• Two kinds of turtles came ashore to lay eggs.

• One turtle and one porcupine were near the shelter.

• All the babies hatched and scooted toward the water.

• The mother came out of the water, laid her eggs, and made a second set of prints as she returned to the water.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Which piece of figurative language does the author use in the following sentence:

"The eggs were as round as table tennis balls."

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Ononomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What piece of figurative language is underlined in this sentence:

"He held the egg up to his mouth...squeezed it, and swallowed as fast as he could and said ECCCHHH!!"

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• simile

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

How did Brian store the turtle eggs once he found them?

• In his shelter-fridge

• in his shelter-oven

• in the hole in his shelter

• In the hole in the lake

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CCSS.RL.6.1

The first tool that Brian decided he needed to make was a ....

• A fishing pole

• a fishing spear

• a fishing net

• A fishing trap