The Hatchet

What animal attacks Brian by the Lake

• A Wolf

• A Moose

• A Foolbird

• A Bear

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

Which statement best summarizes the central idea of GUTs: The True Stories behind Hatchet?

• The author of Hatchet became a successful author only after working as a volunteer for a long time.

• Sometimes it is not possible to save someone who is having a heart attack.

• Authors need to find the time to write about their experiences.

• A haunting event the author witnessed as a volunteer became the inspiration for a scene in Hatchet.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

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CCSS.RI.7.2

Gary Paulsen's inspiration for the pilot's death in Hatchet came from...

• a farm accident

• a heart attack

• a gunshot accident

• a car accident

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

When Brian looked back on the time he had cried in the dark cave, he thought of it as when he had learned the most important lesson of survival. What does survival mean?

• the ability to be happy with your situation

• the power to think in a creative way

• the state of enduring or continuing to live

• a close relationship between two living things

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What did Brian do once the plane's engine died?

• He glided toward an open meadow.

• He called air traffic control for directions.

• He secured his parachute to prepare to jump.

• He steered towards a lake to land in water.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

When remembering the pilot's heart attack, Brian realized that...

• his mom didn't know he ran away to see his dad.

• he was just a few miles from his dad's home.

• the plane could have veered many miles off track.

• the pilot forgot to turn on the radio before calling for help.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

While looking around the lake, what did Brian find that made him feel lucky?

• Items of clothing he had lost in the crash

• The survival pack from the plane

• A piece of wood he could use for tools

• The overhang of a ledge that he could use as a shelter

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

What did Brian remember after the dream about his father and Terry?

• His father had taught Terry and him about survival in the woods

• He had seen the hatchet make sparks when he threw it at the porcupine

• He left his hatchet out in the rain and needed to retrieve it

• He and Terry saw his mother and the blond man in the car

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

How did Brian learn the lesson to protect his food and improve his shelter?

• By seeing a timber wolf in the wild

• By watching a mama bear and her cubs

• By losing his catch of fish to a fool bird

• By being sprayed by a skunk

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why did the pilot who rescued Brian land on the lake?

• He saw the smoke coming from Brian's fire.

• He had been sent to survey the lake and surrounding land.

• Some natives reported that a boy was living there.

• He heard the emergency transmitter and saw the plane tail.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1