Wins and Fails
What are three ways that the fire benefitted Brian?
Heat, light, protection from animals, signal fire, keeping away the mosquitoes.
What did Brian have to remember in order to kill his first fish?
Water bends light, so the fish are below where they appear.
How does Brian finally make a fire?
He uses his hatchet to make sparks.
Where does Brian crash?
Canadian Wilderness
Brian gets in a fight with a moose.
Character vs. Nature
Make an inference: When Brian gets rescued, why does he offer his rescuer something to eat?
He has become "at home" in his camp in the wilderness.
What season / time of year does Brian get rescued in?
Early autumn / fall (before deep fall and winter)
Explain the quote "The hatchet was, had been him".
His hatchet increased his odds of survival. Without the hatchet, he would have no way to start fire, hunt, and build.
What challenge did Brian face when he was trying to create a hole in the plane?
He dropped the hatchet into the lake.
Brian is angry with his mother because he knows "the secret."
Character vs. Character
What does Brian mean when he describes the survival pack as "treasure?"
Use a synonym for "treasure" in your answer.
It is "valuable" to his survival.
After the tornado, Brian demonstrates his strength and resiliency by saying...
Is that the best you can do?
What does Brian do to get rescued
He (accidently) turns on the emergency transmitter
What did Brian realize had happened to the pilot when he went back to the plane?
The fish started eating him :(
Brian is depressed about being stranded in the wilderness and considers "ending it" at the ridge.
Character vs. Self
What weapon did Brian try using first to kill a fish?
A spear.
What eats Brian’s eggs?
A skunk
Brian notes the most important rule of survival is...
feeling sorry for yourself doesn't work
What was in the survival pack? (name 3 things)
sleeping bag, cap, sleeping pad, fishing kit, cooking set, knife, matches, compass, lighters, first aid kit, emergency transmitter, food, gun.
Brian can't figure out how to get the radio to work properly.
Character vs. technology
"I'm tough where it counts - tough in the head."
Describe 2 ways that Brian permanently changes from his time in the wilderness (as described in the epilogue)
Low weight
Learned about animals/vegetation
Became thoughtful/patient
What is the “vital knowledge that drives all creatures in the forest?”
Food is all
Brian's teacher (Mr. Perpich) taught him two things. Name one.
to stay motivated and to remember that you are your greatest resource
Brian never tells his father "the secret" because everyone in town will judge his family.
Character vs. Society