SparkNotes: Hatchet: Quiz

Who gave Brian the hatchet?

(A) His father

(B) His mother

(C) His girlfriend

(D) The pilot on the phone

How did the pilot of the plane die?

(A) Stroke

(B) A passenger killed him

(C) Heart attack

(D) In the plane crash

What was "the secret" to which Brian's thoughts often wander?

(A) That his father is seeing another woman

(B) That Brian wants to run away from home

(C) That his mother is pregnant

(D) That his mother is seeing another man

What happened during Brian's car ride with his mother from the city to meet the plane?

(A) Brian's mother tried to get him to talk about what was wrong

(B) Brian started crying in front of his mother

(C) Brian's mother yelled at him

(D) Brian told his mother he knew about the secret

What was Brian's father's job?

(A) Lumberman

(B) Accountant

(C) Lawyer

(D) Oil engineer

What was the purpose of Brian's trip to the Canadian woods?

(A) He was going on a camping trip

(B) He was going to visit his father

(C) He was going to visit his uncle

(D) He wanted to learn how to fly a plane

How did Brian's father feel about the divorce?

(A) He had asked for it himself

(B) He felt it was better for Brian

(C) He did not want it

(D) He was indifferent

What led to Brian's eventual rescue?

(A) He found a transmitter in the plane wreckage

(B) Rescuers sent out by his parents eventually found him

(C) Hikers discovered his camp and took him to the nearest town in their van

(D) The pilot emerged from a coma and knew of their location

Why does Brian suddenly realize that he may be out there in the woods for longer than he had anticipated?

(A) No one knew he was taking a trip

(B) There are no cities nearby

(C) He heard once on television that search parties cancel the search after two days

(D) He had bumped the wheel of the plane during the ride, changing the course

When Brian has to fly the plane himself after the pilot's heart attack, what prior experience helps him?

(A) He used to fly with his Uncle Carter

(B) He had watched the pilot very closely

(C) The pilot had let him take the controls for a few minutes earlier in the ride

(D) He had read a lot of books and seen a lot of movies about planes

What were Brian's thoughts on the plane ride?

(A) Of his father's business

(B) Of a girl he had a crush on

(C) Of his parents' divorce

(D) Of his baseball team

Where did Brain decide was the best place to land the plane?

(A) In a field

(B) On a road

(C) On a mountain

(D) On a lake

What did Brian see on a bike ride with his friend Terry?

(A) His mother with a strange man with short blond hair

(B) A moose

(C) A car accident

(D) A fight between his parents

What is the first food that Brian finds in the woods?

(A) Fish

(B) Berries

(C) Roots

(D) Worms

Where did Brian see a bear?

(A) Right outside his shelter

(B) In the berry patch

(C) Atop a mountain

(D) In the lake

What kind of animal hurt Brian?

(A) A wolf

(B) A bear

(C) A porcupine

(D) A deer

Who appeared in Brian's dream to show him how to make a fire?

(A) His mother

(B) His father

(C) Terry

(D) The pilot

What kind of eggs does Brian find to eat?

(A) Turtle eggs

(B) Chicken eggs

(C) Fish eggs

(D) Dinosaur eggs

What tool did Brian have to reinvent?

(A) A fishing rod

(B) A bow and arrow

(C) A wheel

(D) A hammer

After a plane flies overhead and does not spot him, by which method does Brian try to kill himself?

(A) Drowning

(B) With his hatchet

(C) Hanging himself

(D) Jumping off a cliff

Why does Brian take four baths a day at a certain point?

(A) He is bored

(B) He was sprayed by a skunk

(C) He feels dirty out in the wilderness

(D) So his smell will not be detectable by bears

What was sticking out of the water after the big storm?

(A) The plane

(B) A dead deer

(C) Pieces of Brian's shelter

(D) The hatchet

How did Brian get out to the plane in the middle of the lake?

(A) He swam

(B) He ripped off a piece of his shelter and floated on it

(C) He built a canoe from his memory of a book he had read about Native Americans

(D) He built a raft

What happened when Brian was trying to cut into the side of the plane?

(A) He dropped his hatchet

(B) He drowned

(C) He plane sank down to the bottom of the lake

(D) His hatchet broke

How did Brian feel about the rifle he finds in the survival pack?

(A) He thought it would be better for hunting than what he had been using

(B) He did not like it

(C) He had always wanted a rifle like that

(D) He has the same rifle back home