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Hatchet
by
Gary Paulsen
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Summary
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Chapter 2 Summary
Chapter 3 Summary
Chapter 4 Summary
Chapter 5 Summary
Chapter 6 Summary
Chapter 7 Summary
Chapter 8 Summary
Chapter 9 Summary
Chapter 10 Summary
Chapter 11 Summary
Chapter 12 Summary
Chapter 13 Summary
Chapter 14 Summary
Chapter 15 Summary
Chapter 16 Summary
Chapter 17 Summary
Chapter 18 Summary
Chapter 19 and Epilogue Summary
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Hatchet Questions and Answers
In Hatchet, how do Brian's thoughts, feelings, and reactions change as a response to what has happened to him?
What are the 10 most important events that happen in Hatchet?
In Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, in what ways has Brian changed since the airplane crash?
What is an example of simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, alliteration, hyperbole, and personification in Hatchet?
In Hatchet, what clothing was Brian wearing?
What is the external conflict and internal conflict in Hatchet?
What are two problems Brian solves in chapter 6?
What kind of onomatopoeia is in Hatchet?
Where does Brian find shelter in Hatchet, and why does he consider himself lucky?
What problem does Brian face at the end of chapter 17 of Hatchet?
What is the climax of Hatchet?
What food did Brian find to eat?
Where does the plane crash in Hatchet?
What month and year did Brian crash and was rescued in Hatchet?
What was still troubling Brian about his parents' divorce in "Hatchet"?
In Hatchet, what does Brian mean by saying, "If you keep walking back from good luck, he thought, you’ll come to bad luck."
How does Brian in Hatchet identify the nocturnal animal and benefit from understanding its behavior?
In Hatchet, what did Brian do immediately after the plane landed?
How does personification help set the mood in the beginning of chapter ten of Hatchet?
Why does Brian's mother give him a hatchet? How does Brian feel about the gift?
What advice did Brian's English teacher, Perpich, give him in school in Hatchet?
How does Brian get rescued in Hatchet?
Explain the following statement from Hatchet: "Maybe it was always that way, discoveries happened because they needed to happen."
In Hatchet, what does Brian see among the raspberry bushes? What does he learn from this experience?
What was the important rule of survival Brian learned in either Chapter 7 or 8 of Hatchet?
What type of plane was Brian flying on in Hatchet?
What is an example of imagery in chapters 1-3 in the book Hatchet?
What kind of shelter did Brian make in Hatchet?
What are some mistakes Brian made?
What does Brian learn about patience in Hatchet?
What do you learn about "The Secret" in chapters 3-4 of Hatchet?
What is a description of the Canadian wilderness where Brian was located in Gary Paulsen's novel Hatchet?
How is Brian led to the berries in Hatchet?
Does the setting of Hatchet have a positive or negative influence on Brian’s chances of survival?
What does Mr. Perpich say Brian's most important asset is in Hatchet?
What are some conflicts in chapter 3 of Hatchet?
State one or more details from Hatchet to describe your understanding of Brian's family situation.
In Hatchet, Brian felt like he was a new person. Where and how did this take place?
What are the physical and character traits of Brian that are helping him survive?
How did Brian solve his problems?
What explodes under Brian's feet in chapter 12 of Hatchet?
In Hatchet, what did Brian pull out of the plane?
What new menace plagued Brian with the rising of the sun?
In Hatchet, how does Brian measure time?
What did Brian finally do to get food in Hatchet?
Why did Brian want to find a lake directly in front of him in Hatchet by Gary Paulsen?
In chapters 13 through 15 of Hatchet, what did Brian call the birds that he found? Why did he give the birds this name? What creative name would you give the birds?
Why is Brian visiting his father in Canada, and how does Brian feel about his mother?
Why did Brian think that the searchers wouldn't be able to find him immediately?
What do you think Brian means when he tells himself that self-pity doesn't work?