Realistic Fiction
What helps you determine that Hatchet is realistic fiction?
A. It provides factual information about a boy who survives in the wilderness.
B. It has events, a setting, and a character that seems real.
C. It includes a place that is real.
D. It provides details that support a real survival situation.
B. It has events, a setting, and a character that seems real.
What is the author's purpose for writing "from Hatchet"?
A. The author's purpose is to entertain.
B. The author's purpose is to inform.
C. The author's purpose is to persuade.
D. The author's purpose is to describe.
A. The author's purpose is to entertain.
The excerpt "from Hatchet" is mostly narrated from which point of view?
A. 1st person
B. 2nd person
C. 3rd person limited
D. 3rd person omniscient
C. 3rd person limited
Which sentence reveals Brian's thoughts?
A. He touched each quill carefully.
B. It was all too much, just too much, and he couldn't take it.
C. He grasped one of the quills, held his breath, and jerked.
D. He breathed deeply twice, let half the breath out, and went back to work.
B. It was all too much, just too much, and he couldn't take it.
Which sentence shows evidence that Brian was not close to his father?
A. In the initial segment of the dream his father was standing at the side of a living room looking at him and it was clear from his expression that he was trying to tell Brian something.
B. Brian's father faded into a fog place Brian could not see and the dream was almost over, or seemed to be, when Terry came.
C. He was trying to help. trying so hard, and when Brian couldn't understand he looked cross, the way he did when Brian asked questions more than once, and he faded.
D. His lips moved, but there was no sound, not a whisper.
C. He was trying to help. trying so hard, and when Brian couldn't understand he looked cross, the way he did when Brian asked questions more than once, and he faded.
What text structure did the author use to write "from Hatchet"?
A. Description
B. Cause/Effect
C. Problem/Solution
D.Chronological
D.Chronological
Which response below does the author clearly refer to one of Brian's memories?
A. I would kill, he thought suddenly, for a book of matches.
B. He thought back to school, to all those science classes.
C. He needed to add air.
D. What did it take? You have to have more fuel, he thought.
B. He thought back to school, to all those science classes.
What pronouns in "from Hatchet" determine the point of view?
A. I, me, mine, we, us, ours
B. You, yours
C. He, him, his, she, her
D. He, him, his
D. He, him, his
Which sentence reveals Brain's emotions?
A. There was thrist, and hunger, and he ate some raspberries from the jacket.
B. He picked it up and examined it and saw a chip in the top of the head.
C. The nick wasn't too large, but the hatchet was important to him, was his only tool, and he should not have thrown it.
D. Something came then, a thought as he held the hatchet, something about the dream and his father and Terry, but he couldn't pin it down.
C. The nick wasn't too large, but the hatchet was important to him, was his only tool, and he should not have thrown it.
Which context clue could be used to determine the meaning of "tinder"?
A. He brought some dried grass in
B. Tapped sparks into it
C. Watched them die
D. Breaking them into little pieces
A. He brought some dried grass in
Brian uses the phrase "perfect home" while building a fire. What does this phrase mean?
A. It means his home in the wilderness had to be perfect while he waited for help.
B. It means he had to make the fire "nest" perfect or the sparks wouldn't ignite a fire.
C. It means if he was patient, the perfect fire would eventually happen.
D. It means if he used his twenty dollar bill as tinder, his fire would be perfect.
B. It means he had to make the fire "nest" perfect or the sparks wouldn't ignite a fire.
Brian refers to the fire as his "hungry" friend. Why did he refer to it as this?
A. He didn't have anyone else to talk to.
B. He was hungry and wanted to use it to cook.
C. He had to keep it close to stay warm.
D. He had to keep feeding it to keep it going.
D. He had to keep feeding it to keep it going.