Hatchet
by Gary Paulsen
Chapter One
1. What is the name of our protagonist in our story?
2. Our protagonist finds himself about to board a small
plane. The reason he is about to do this comes down
to one word. What is that word?
3. a) Where did the plane take off from?
b) Where is the plane headed?
4. What does the narrator's father do for a living?
5. What gift does the narrator's mom give him during the
ride to the airport?
6. What happens to the pilot of the plane?
Chapter two
1. How much help is the radio contact that Brian makes?
2. a) Brian has a choice to make as to what to do in flying
the plane. What is that choice?
b) What would you do?
3. What plan did Brian come up with to get out of this
situation?
Chapter 3 and 4
1. Where is Brian able to land the plane?
2. Brian has been holding "the secret" inside of him for a
long time. What is the "secret"?
3. List three (3) ailments that Brian suffers shortly after the
crash (1st day).
4. Was the lake that Brian landed in, and the surrounding
environment, desolate of life or teeming with life?
Chapter 5 due Friday, March 6th
1. What advice from Mr. Perpich does Brian remember? Do you
think this is good advice for a situation like this? (2 pieces of
advice)
2. Brian suddenly realizes that a rescue plane might not be
coming for him in a short period of time. How does he come
to that conclusion?
3. Brian realizes he should get motivated and begin to do 2
things. What are they?
Chapter 6 due Monday, March 9th
1. How did Brian get lucky with shelter?
2. a) What kind of food was Brian in search of? b) What did
Brian notice that helped him to find his food objective?
3. Why does Brian continue to work on his shelter? What are
the dimensions of his shelter?
Chapter 7
1.a. What was the result of Brian's "BerryFest"!
b) In hindsight, what should Brian have done concerning
the berries?
2. How was Brian looking at this point?
3. Brian finds a second type of berry. What kind of berry is it?
Is this new berry better than the "Gut Cherries"?
4. What creature also likes the new berries? What does the
creature do when it feels threatened by Brian?
Chapter 8
1.Brian has a night time visitor to his shelter.Who is it?
2.What important rule of survival does Brian learn that night?
3.Who are the characters in Brian's dream and what are they
trying to tell him?
4.How will Brian make his fire?
Chapter 9
1. List the 4 necessary items Brian used in order to make
his fire.
2. After the initial flames begin, Brian realizes he must do
what to keep the flame alive?
3. " A friend and a guard from a tiny spark." What does
Brian mean by this?
Ch. 10
1. As Brian leaves his shelter to collect more wood he
realizes two more positive things about his fire. What
are they?
2. Stop reading midway down p. 98. Take an educated guess,
from the information given, at what the animal might be.
3. What is the animal? Was your guess correct?
4. How did Brian cook these eggs seeing he did not have
a frying pan with him?
Ch. 11
1. Describe how Brian is changing both physically and
through his senses.
2. Brian realizes that to keep the signal fire burning all
day would require more wood than he could gather.
What decision does he come to in order to solve this
problem?
3. How does Brian get the idea of looking for fish in
Lake "L" ?
4. What type of tool should he use in order to catch these
fish?
Ch. 12
1. How does the fishing spear work for Brian? Describe the
results of his initial attempts.
2. What scares the heck out of Brian as he goes looking
for a branch to make a bow.
3. Brian's hopes get raised, then dashed. Explain what
happens.
Chapters 13-16 consisted of a quiz taken on 4/15/2015
Chapter 17
1. After Brian's "completely insane" day, what were the first
two things Brian had to rebuild after everything was lost?
2. In order to retrieve materials from the plane, what must
Brian do first?
3. "And for a moment he was stymied". What does that mean?
4. Why did Brian abort his first attempt at getting to the plane?