Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Plot Map
Hatchet 1
Hatchet 2
100
What is the word that means full of happiness?
gleeful
100
What is the word that means to have sped up or progressed?
accelerated
100
What is the word that means the most important conflict in the story or the turning point of the story?
climax
100
How does Brian discover fire?
He throws his ax at a porcupine.
100
How long had Brian been in the woods when he is rescued?
54 days
200
What is the word that means sharp, piercing sound?
shrill
200
What is the word that means something that comforts?
consolation
200
What is the word that means the background information we're given at the beginning of the story?
exposition
200
Where did Brian crash the plane?
in the lake
200
What does Brian first make to help him catch something to eat?
A spear.
300
What is the word that means the ability to be indestructible?
invincibility
300
What is the word that means to put together or no longer segregate?
desegregation
300
What is the word that means any action in a story that takes place after the climax?
falling action
300
What causes the airplane to move to the top of the lake?
a tornado
300
What happens to the pilot of Brian's plane?
He has a heart attack.
400
What is the word that means confusion or chaos?
bedlam
400
What is the word that means to make rash decisions?
heady
400
What is the word that means what happens after the story is complete?
resolution
400
Why does Brian freak out when he dives down into the plane?
He finds the remains of the pilot's body.
400
Who is the author of Hatchet?
Gary Paulsen
500
What is the word that means passing through a place or staying only briefly?
transient
500
What is the word that means to announce?
heralding
500
What is the word that means the conflicts that set the story into motion and lead to the climax?
rising action
500
Why is Brian going to Canada to see his father?
because his parents are divorced
500
What is "the secret" that Brian knew?
His mother was kissing a man who was not Brian's father.
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