chapter 9-10 Comprehension Quiz

Ace your Hatchet Ch. 9-10 quiz! Test survival skills & comprehension.

1. Brian tried lighting many items. Finally he was able to make a fire by igniting _. grass and twigs the twenty dollar bill in is pocket birch bark peelings dry leaves 2. Brian discovered that he also needed _ to get the fire going. oil air pine cones grass 3. Which of the following was NOT a reason Brian wanted a fire? The fire would keep away animals like the porcupine. The smoke from the fire would keep the mosquitoes away. Brian could heat his raspberries on the fire. Brian could build a signal fire. 4. Building the fire took Brian _. only a few minutes to build after he learned the hatchet made sparks on the flint stone several days of hard work several attempts using different kinds of kindling a few hours using only the grass and twigs as kindling 5. Brian was lucky a sound woke him because _. his fire was about to go out he was about to get wet from the rain a deer was getting into his raspberries his jacket was blowing away 6. _ was making the noise that awakened Brian. A turtle A bear A moose An airplane flying overhead 7. Brian called himself _. a genius a pioneer an adventurer a city boy 8. The best thing about having the night visitor was Brian _. knew he could have soup now had food remembered how to make a hammock 9. How did Brian know the animal that came up in the sand was a turtle? Brian had seen a television show about sea turtles. Brian had read a book in science class about sea turtles. Brian had seen sea turtles when he visited the aquarium. Brian had seen sea turtles on a vacation to the coast. 10. Watching Uncle Carter eat _ made Brian feel queasy. worms dipped in ketchup live grasshoppers chocolate covered ants a raw egg with his milk 11. The turtle eggs looked _. white and round like ping pong balls blue and oval like robin eggs brown and oval like chicken eggs green and spotted like moldy cheese 12. Brian ate _. half the eggs all seventeen eggs only one egg six eggs and saved the rest 13. A good title for Chapter 9 could be -----. The Airplane The Huge Bird The Wonders of Fire The Wolf in the Forest 14. A good title for Chapter 10 could be ----. A Wonderful Meal Magic A Sleepless Night Turtle Eggs 15. Which statement about Hatchet contains a cause-effect relationship? Brian's throat tried to throw the egg back up. His whole body seemed to convulse with it. Uncle Carter was Brian's father's brother. He put an egg in a glass of milk and drank it in the morning. A water animal came up to the sand. The animal was a turtle. The turtle laid eggs in the sand. Brian now has food. 16. From which point of view is Hatchetwritten? first - The writer uses pronouns such as "I" or "me" or "my". second - The narrator tells the story using the pronoun "you". third - The story is told using pronouns such a "he", "she", or "it".