Hatchet
Chapters 17–19
Note: Please remember to do the following:
o Answer each question thoroughly
o Respond to all of the questions (some have two or
more)
o Reference the text and add quotations when appropriate
o Please type your answers or write them on a separate
sheet of paper
o Check for spelling errors (I will deduct one point for
each spelling mistake)
o Please don’t use the following pronouns: I, me, my,
you, your, yours, etc.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
1. List the steps in Brian’s plan to get the survival
pack.
2. Why does Brian not lose his temper when the first raft
doesn’t work?
3. Brian almost goes back to shore when he thinks of the
fish eaten body of the pilot. What keeps him there?
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
4. Explain the following statement, “The hatchet was, had
been him” (174).
5. What helps calm him down after seeing the dead pilot?
What change in him does it indicate?
CHAPTER NINETEEN
6. List five treasures Brian finds in the survival bag.
7. How does the gun change him?
8. What is Brian’s first reaction to the pilot? Why does
he offer him food?