Reading+Response+Quizzes

__Chapter 1:__ 1. How did Brian feel sitting in the co-pilot's seat of a single-engine plane for the first time? 2. Why did the pilot take his hands of the wheel and his feet off the pedal? 3. What major event kept creeping into Brian's thoughts during the flight? 4. How does Brian feel about this event? What evidence does the author give that supports your answer. 5. What item does Brian's mother give him before he gets on the plane? 6. How does the author describe what is happening to the pilot? Copy quotes from the chapter. 7. What one word sums up how Brian feels at the end of the chapter? Explain all the reasons why he would feel that way.

__Chapter 2:__ 1. Brian is realizing his dangerous situation in this chapter, flying in a plane with a dead pilot. He has never flown a plane before, only read books or watched the pilot just minutes before. Brian uses his memory to help him figure out how to solve this problem. Please choose 2 memories that Brian recalls and explain how it helps him. 2. During this traumatic event, Brian experiences different emotions. Please state an emotion he is feeling and write 2 quotations from the chapter that support your choice.

__Chapter 3:__ 1. //The plane slams into tree tops, then sinks in the lake.// The author effectively uses words to help us form a mental picture of what is happening to Brian as the plane crashes. Reread the last two pages (27 - 28) of chapter 3. Then, on a sheet of unlined paper, use a pencil to sketch what you see in your mind's eye as the plane's wings come in contact with the pine trees just before it hits the lake. In your drawing, try to show the plane, the clearing (grassy field), the trees, and the lake. These do not have to be fine works of art - just sketches of your imagination. When you are finished, neatly glue your paper into your spiral notebook as your next Reading Response Entry.

__Chapter 4 & 5:__ No quiz; chapters discussed with Mrs. Given

__Chapter 6:__ //Brian finds then eats gut cherries.// In your journal, write at least a one-page response to what you have read in Hatchet chapters 1-6. what events stick out in your mind about what happened to Brian? Why do those events stand out in your memory?

__Chapter 7:__ Brian learns an important survival lesson from his encounter with the bear. What is that lesson? Where did he get his knowledge of bear behavior before his encounter with this one in the wilderness?

__Chapter 8:__ What do you think Brian means when he tells himself "self pity doesn't work?" Describe a time when you //pitied// yourself. (Use a dictionary!)

__Chapter 9-10:__ No quiz; chapters discussed with Mrs. Given

__Chapter 11:__ The author repeats the phrase (or something similar to) "There were these things to do." Why does he use this phrase so often? How might this relate to Brian's change of attitude?

__Chapter 12__: No quiz; chapter discussed with Mrs. Given

__Chapter 13:__ //Brian finds new hope, and understands that hope comes from knowledge.// Brian learns a critical lesson in survival attitudes. He's restored to a sense of hope.

What does he realize is the greatest factor in restoring a sense of hope in his life? Have you ever felt hopeless? Why? Have you ever found hope in your knowledge of a situation that at first seemed hopeless? Write a one-page response to this chapter and questions.

__Chapter 14:__ //Mistakes//. Brian recalls about the mistakes he has made in the past and possible mistakes he might make in the future. Learning from our mistakes is one way to help us grow strong. Identify two mistakes Brian makes in chapter 14 and explain how he decides to learn from them.

__Chapter 15:__ No quiz; chapter discussed in class.

__Chapter 16:__ An encounter with a moose and tornado nearly finish off Brian, but his attitude changes. **How** does he react to each? **why** is his attitude toward survival different than just after the plan crash?

__Chapter 17:__ No quiz; chapter discussed in class.

__Chapter 18:__ What did Brian retrieve from the plane? What happened to the pilot?

__Chapter 19:__ Why does Brian think the contents of the survival kit are of "incredible wealth?" (page 172) Explain Brian's new feeling on page 173: //The pack was wonderful but it gave him up and down feelings.//

__Epilogue__: Why do you think Brian never told his dad about //the secret//?