Hatchet

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SHORT ANSWER STUDY QUESTIONS Hatchet

Chapters 8-11

1. What did Brian learn from his encounter with the porcupine?

2. Describe the way Brian made a fire. Tell how he felt about the fire.

3. What new food did Brian find? How did he feel at first about eating it? What did he do with the rest of

     the food?

4. As he was eating his new food, Brian thought about the searchers. What did he think?

5. What changes did Brian notice in himself?

Part I: Using Prior Knowledge and Context Clues

Below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the sentence. Use any clues you can find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge, and write what you think the

underlined words mean on the lines provided.

1. In the initial segment of the dream his father was standing at the side of a living room looking at him

    and it was clear from his expression that he was trying to tell Brian something.

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2. He settled back on his haunches in exasperation, looking at the pitiful clump of grass and twigs

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3. Where the bark was peeling from the trunks it lifted in tiny tendrils, almost fluffs.

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4. He could not leave the fire at first. It was so precious to him, so close and sweet a thing, the yellow and

    red flames brightening the dark interior of the shelter, the happy crackle of the dry wood as it burned,

    that he could not leave it.

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5. He had decided to always have enough on hand for three days and after spending one night with the fire

    for a friend he knew what a staggering amount of wood it would take.

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Part II: Determining the Meaning Match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions.

___ 1. segment                                   A. annoyance

___ 2. exasperation                            B. long, slender, curling strands

___ 3. tendrils                                    C. overwhelming

___ 4. precious                                  D. section; part

___ 5. staggering                                E. of high cost or worth; valuable