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Character:
1. Brian Robeson, 13 years old.
2. Brian´s Mother
3. Brian´s Father, mechanical engineer,
4. Jim/Jake, pilot
5. Terry, best friend
6. Mr. Perpich, English teacher
7. Uncle Carter, who used to eat raw eggs in the morning,

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Hatchet | Chapter 7

Brian wakes up screaming for his mother. He's in incredible pain: he's
never felt anything this intense. He throws up and has violent diarrhea
that continues for an hour, until he is weak and exhausted. When he
crawls back to the shelter, he again thinks about the time when he saw
his mother at the mall kissing a man he didn't recognize. Brian never told
his father what he saw, and he believes his father "still did not know
about it." Brian eventually falls asleep and wakes after the sun is up,
cleaning the mess from his sickness as best he can. He goes down to the
lake to get a drink and sees his swollen, bloody, and dirty face reflected
in the water. Feeling sorry for himself, he sits down and cries. Then he
drinks more water, has a few berries, and resumes his search for food.
He realizes that he has been in the wilderness for three days and finds
himself calling his shelter "home."

Nearby, Brian discovers some raspberry bushes. He eats some of the


berries, but does not gorge himself this time. He picks more and puts
them in his jacket for later. As he turns to go, he is terrified to see a bear
and doesn't know how to respond. Fortunately, the bear eats some
raspberries and leaves. Brian runs back to the shelter, where he can
think calmly. He decides the bear only wanted berries, since it could
have caught him if it wanted to. Brian returns cautiously to the raspberry
bushes, where he picks more berries, then returns to the shelter just as
it starts to rain. Happy to be dry inside, he eats more berries, drinks their
juice, and thoroughly enjoys them. Eventually, he goes to sleep.
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Hatchet | Chapter 8

In the middle of the night a noise awakens Brian and he senses


something in his shelter. He throws his hatchet across the shelter and an
acute pain spreads through his entire leg. A porcupine has attacked him
with hundreds of painful quills. After pulling all the quills out one by one,
Brian cries in misery and loses his will to survive. When he can cry no
more, it dawns on him that crying and self-pity accomplish nothing.
He considers this realization the most important lesson he learns about
survival. Dozing off once more, Brian has a dream in which his father and
his friend Terry appear. Mouthing inaudible words, his father strives to
tell Brian something important, cannot convey the message. He then
disappears and Terry takes his place. While barbecuing in the park, he
lights a charcoal fire and looks at Brian. Brian cannot make sense of
these dreams nor understand their purpose. In the morning, while Brian
stretches, the sun hits the hatchet and it shines like fire. Only then does
Brian make the connection between his dreams and reality; Terry and his
father were trying to explain to Brian how to make a fire. Striking the
hatchet against a stone and watching the sparks fly, Brian determines
that he will find a way to use the hatchet to make fire.

Hatchet | Chapter 9

It is easy to make sparks with the hatchet, but Brian finds he can't get
them to catch fire. He digs through his pockets and finds a $20 bill his
mother had given him for the trip. Though he rips the bill into tiny
pieces, they won't light. He looks around and sees a birch tree with
peeling bark that looks like paper. Brian pulls some bark free, takes it
back to shelter, and again tries to light a fire. The sparks last longer,
but they won't stay lit. Realizing the kindling needs to be thinner and
finer, he takes more than two hours just to slice the bark into fine
strips.
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He tries again, and this time the sparks last longer. The strips of bark
still won't catch fire, though. He thinks back on his science classes in
school, and remembers fire needs oxygen. He makes more sparks,
blowing on them now—and after several tries, makes a fire. But the
fire burns through his kindling very quickly, and Brian realizes he
needs to gather more branches. Once he gets the fire going he thinks of
it happily as his friend and wishes he could show it to someone. Brian
wonders what his parents are doing at that moment, and if his mother
was seeing the strange man he had seen her kiss.

Hatchet | Chapter 10

At first Brian can't stand to leave his fire. He sits beside it most of the
day. Eventually he realizes he needs more wood to keep the fire going.
Banking the fire, he gathers and chops large dry branches. In a happy
discovery he finds the mosquitos that had bitten him so many times are
gone, driven away by the smoke from the fire. He also realizes he can
use the fire to signal search parties. He starts to believe he might be
able to get more control over his life.

That night he hears something moving across the sand and in the
morning sees tracks leading from the lake to a pile of sand and back.
As he ponders the tracks, wondering if they might have been made by
animals at play, he can readily admit his urban life is of limited help in
the middle of the Canadian woods. He calls himself a "city boy" with
"city ways." Finally realizing the tracks probably have a more
practical purpose, he digs in one of the sandpiles and finds 17 round
eggs about the size of ping-pong balls. A turtle has come to shore to lay
eggs. Thinking of his Uncle Carter, who used to eat raw eggs in the
morning, he decides that he needs nourishment badly enough to do so
himself. Overcoming the odd taste, Brian eats several eggs and, saving
the others, decides to eat one a day. While the shells are as hard as
leather, Brian manages to open one up and suck the contents down. He
nearly vomits but continues eating until he has consumed six eggs,
taking the rest to his shelter. Finally Brian realizes he hasn't thought
about the possibility of a rescue party in some time. He must keep it in
mind, he thinks, so that he doesn't lose hope.
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Guía
Chapter 7
1. Who was Brian screaming for when he woke up? Mother.

2. After he was sick - why did he feel empty and drained of all

strength? He was dehydrated.

3. The memory came back again.. What was it? Mother and

the secret of another man.

4. What did he think made him puke and have diarrhea?

Berries (he calls them "gut cherries" now, because of how

they affected his stomach).

5. What was the second berry Brian found that he loved!

Raspberries.

6. What type of animal did Brian run into when he found the

delicious new berries? A Bear.

7. What is the purpose of foreshadowing? To give the reader a

hint at what is going to happen in the future.

8. What is a flashback a memory of a past event

9. "His face was cut and bleeding, swollen and lumpy, the hair

matted, and on his forehead a cut had healed but left the

hair stuck with blood and scab." Where did Brian see this?

Reflection in the water


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10. As the rain came down and Brian was in his shelter. He

stayed dry.

11. As Brian fell asleep thinking about the bear what did he

sleep with? His hatchet.

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12. What came into Brian's shelter in the night? A porcupine

13. A porcupine hurt Brian.

14. What was stuck in Brian calf? Porcupine needles.

15. Before the animal attacked, Brian was awakened by the

smell

16. Brian chipped his hatchet while Throwing it at a porcupine

17. What did Brian do to get rid of the creature? Threw his

hatchet at it

18. What happened in Brian’s dream? Terry showed Brian how

to build a fire.

19. A good title for Chapter 8 could be . . . A Strange Visitor

20. Based on Chapter 8 one could conclude Brian will build a

fire

21. What did Brian discover will be most useful to building a

fire? his hatchet to make sparks


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22. Brian learned the most important rule of survival after the

porcupine attack... what was it? Feeling sorry for yourself didn't

work.

23. What did Brian figure out from his dream? How to make a fire.

Chapter 9

24. What did Brian make in this chapter? Fire

25. What did he use to make the fire? Hatchet

26. What did he consider his friend? Fire

27. What was he missing for the fire? Oxygen

28. What did Brian cut into pieces? 20 dollar bill

29. What item helped him for the fire? Birch wood and dry

grass

30. Where did Brian set the fire? His shelter

31. The porcupine came back. False

32. What does tinder mean in this sentence. "Clearly there had

to be something for the sparks to ignite, some kind of tinder

or kindling- but what?" Flammable material

33. Reasons Brian wanted a fire?

- The fire would keep away animals like the porcupine.


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- The smoke from the fire would keep the mosquitoes

away.

- Brian could build a signal fire.

34. A good title for Chapter 9 could be The Wonders of Fire

35. From which point of view is Hatchet written? Third-The

story is told using pronouns such as "he", "she", or "it".

Chapter 10

36. What does Brian find in the sand the morning after he is

awakened in the night? Turtle Eggs.

37. After gorging himself on eggs, what does Brian decide to do to

preserve the rest of them. He decides to eat 1 a day.

38. How many eggs does Brian find? 17

39. How does Brian manage to open the turtle eggs? drills a hole then

sucks the inside.

40. Brian was lucky the sound woke him because the fire was about to

go out.

41. What woke Brian up? a turtle.

42. What does Brian call himself? a city boy

43. The best thing about having the night visitor was what? now he

had food.
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44. How did Brian know the animal that came up in the sand was a

turtle? Brian had seen a television show about sea turtles.

45. Watching Uncle Carter eat a raw egg with his milk made

Brian feel queasy.

46. The turtle eggs looked white and round like ping pong balls

47. Brian ate six eggs and saved the rest

48. A good title for Chapter 10 could be Turtle Eggs

49. From which point of view is Hatchet written? third-The

story is told using pronouns such as "he", "she", or "it".

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