Vocabulary 1
A hollow, sharp spine from a porcupine
A. feather
B. quill
C. fur
B. quill
intensely, savagely
A. viciously
B. biting
C. wild
A. viciously
What happened to the pilot while he was flying the plane?
A. He had a heart attack.
B. He fell asleep.
C. He cut his arm.
A. He had a heart attack.
What animal attacks Brian in the lake?
A. A deer
B. A bear
C. A moose
C. A moose
What is one type of conflict in the story Hatchet?
A. Man vs. man
B. Man vs. nature
C. Man vs. self
C. Man vs. self
OR
B. Man vs. nature
a moist, sticky mixture of mud and filth
A. muck
B. honey
C. clay
A. muck
sinewy, lean
A. straw
B. wiry
C. tape
B. wiry
How does Brian make fire?
A. by rubbing two sticks together
B. by using sparks from the hatchet
C. with a match
B. by using sparks from the hatchet
What made a loud, whistling noise that sounded like a train?
A. a tornado
B. an airplane
C. a swarm of bees
A. a tornado
What category of conflict would the tornado be?
A. Man vs. man
B. Man vs. self
C. Man vs. nature
C. Man vs. nature
a bump on the skin caused by a blow or allergic reaction
A. muscle
B. goosebump
C. welt
C. welt
to cause to move forward or onward
A. windy
B. storm
C. propel
C. propel
How many days does Brian ultimately spend in the Canadian wilderness?
A. 365 days
B. 22 days
C. 54 days
C. 54 days
What happened to Brian's hatchet as he was trying to cut into the side of the plane?
A. The handle came off
B. The hatchet fell into a small crack
C. Brian dropped in in the lake
C. Brian dropped it in the lake
What category of conflict would Brian finding the will to survive be?
A. Man vs. man
B. Man vs. self
C. Man vs nature
B. Man vs. self
to enclose, as if in a case
A. encase
B. closet
C. elevator
A. encase
to become fixed in a surrounding mass
A. mountain
B. imbed
C. submerge
B. imbed
Where did Brian store the food he caught?
A. on the ledge above his shelther
B. tied in his jacket and hung up in the tall trees
C. buried in the sand under his sleeping mat
A. On the ledge above his shelter.
How does the rescue plane find Brian?
A. by the signal fire
B. he hears the emergency transmitter
C. he sees the wrecked airplane on the lake
B. he hears the emergency transmitter
Which is an example of man vs. self?
A. Brian cuts himself intentionally with the hatchet.
B. A tornado destroys part of Brian's shelter.
C. The plane is submerged in water.
A. Brian cuts himself intentionally with the hatchet.
a throng or swarm
A. beehive
B. horde
C. crowd
B. horde
to be repetitious or insistent
A. comment
B. persist
C. pattern
B. persist
What becomes of the "secret" after Brian is rescued?
A. Brian told his father the secret.
B. Brian told his mother her knew about the secret.
C. Brian kept the secret to himself.
C. Brian kept the secret to himself.
What "secret" did Brian see when he was riding his bike with his friend?
A. A bank robber shot a policeman.
B. His mother was kissing a blond-haired man.
C. His girlfriend was walking with another boy.
B. His mother was kissing a blond-haired man.
Which is an example of man vs. nature?
A. Brian finds the will to survive.
B. He waits to be rescued.
C. Brian figures out how to spear fish for food.
C. Brian figures out how to spear fish for food.