Name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________________ Core: ___
Hatchet – Comprehension Questions – Chapters 1-4
1. Who is Brian going to visit?
2. What is wrong with the pilot?
3. Why is Brian unable to say at first that the pilot is dead?
4. What will eventually happen if Brian just keeps the plane on a course pointing straight
ahead?
5. Brian decides to fly the plan onto, and not into, the water. Explain the two choices and
their consequences.
6. How does Brian indicate that he is finished talking on the radio and that he is ready to
listen?
7. Why does Brian call the trees “the green death?”
8. Predict what would have happened to Brian if he had been knocked unconscious during
the crash.
9. Brian is bothered by a secret that he is keeping. What is this secret?
10. Brian feels that he is both lucky and unlucky after the crash. How is he both lucky and
unlucky?
Name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________________ Core: ___
Hatchet – Comprehension Questions – Chapters 1-4
1. Who is Brian going to visit?
His father
2. What is wrong with the pilot?
He died of a heart attack.
3. Why is Brian unable to say at first that the pilot is dead?
He was too afraid to admit it.
4. What will eventually happen if Brian just keeps the plane on a course pointing straight
ahead?
The plane will run out of gas and crash.
5. Brian decides to fly the plan onto, and not into, the water. Explain the two choices and
their consequences.
The surface of water is very hard, and a crash into it will be more severe than skidding on top of
it.
6. How does Brian indicate that he is finished talking on the radio and that he is ready to
listen?
He says “Over.”
7. Why does Brian call the trees “the green death?”
He knows that if he hits them, they will tear the plane apart.
8. Predict what would have happened to Brian if he had been knocked unconscious during
the crash.
He would have drowned.
9. Brian is bothered by a secret that he is keeping. What is this secret?
His mother had a boyfriend and was cheating on his father.
10. Brian feels that he is both lucky and unlucky after the crash. How is he both lucky and
unlucky?
He is lucky because he is alive, but he is unlucky because he is alone and lost in the wilderness.