◼︎ Chapters 1 & 2 / pages 1 - 24

  1. Describe a bush plane. Provide at least five details.

    • Google “Cessna 406” and “bush plane.”

  2. Brian listened to the “drone of the engine.” In this context, what does drone mean?

    • Hint: This is not the drone that flies about and takes great looking-down video.

  3. Ships, boat and planes have rudders.

    • What is a rudder and what does it do?

  4. Why does Brian, age 13, dislike lawyers and judges?

  5. What do we know about Brian’s father?

    • Provide at least four details.

  6. What is a hatchet? Google “hatchet” if you need to.

    • Describe Brian’s hatchet.

  7. How did Brian know the pilot was having a heart attack?

  8. Describe what Brian did to make the nose of the Cessna 406 rise.

  9. At first, Brian connected with someone through the plane’s radio.

    • Why do you think he lost contact?

  10. The Cessna 406 will eventually run out of fuel.

    • What is Brian’s plan for when this happens? Details!

ABCD (Above & Beyond the Call of Duty) — the only way to get to 50/50 (A+); you may need the points if you’ve dropped points above

  • Why might Gary Paulsen, the author, has chosen Hatchet as the title?