| A | B |
|---|
| author of Hatchet | Gary Paulsen |
| other Book Bowl book by Gary Paulsen | My Life in Dog Years |
| Brian Robeson | 13 years old, going to spend summer visitation with his father |
| The Secret | Brian has seen his mother kissing a man in a station wagon, he never tells his father |
| Hampton, New York | where bush plane, Cessna 406, takes off from |
| Brian's mother | realtor, caused divorce by relationship with man in station wagon |
| Brian's father | invented new drill bit for oil drilling, working in Canadian oilfields |
| lake | L-shaped |
| Terry | friend Brian was riding bikes with when he saw his mother with the other man |
| mosquitoes | attack Brian every morning and evening |
| Mr. Perpitch | Brian's old English teacher who preached staying positive and self-reliance |
| these animals lead Brian to berries | birds |
| choke cherries | the berries Brian gets sick on |
| porcupine | slaps Brian with its quills |
| moose | knocks Brian into water and tries to drown him |
| skunk | sprays Brian in eyes and blinds him |
| most important rule of survival | feeling sorry for yourself doesn't work |
| what makes fire | shredded bark from birch trees, sparks from hatchet hitting stone, and Brian blowing on it |
| a long way from sparks to... | fire |
| first bow and arrow | snaps and almost blinds Brian |
| Brian eats eggs from this animal | turtle |
| he makes string for his bow out of these | shoelaces |
| small mistakes can turn into... | disasters |
| First Meat is pear shaped | foolbird |
| tornado | exposes the tail section of the plane |
| survival pack | Brian drops his hatchet looking for this in the plane |
| rifle | Brian finds in survival pack and feels like it changes him |
| emergency transmitter | Brian finds this in survival pack and unknowingly turns it on, this is how he is rescued |
| beef and potatoes, orange drink, peach whip | freeze-dried meal Brian is preparing when he is rescued |
| Would you like something to eat? | What Brian asks bush pilot who rescues him. |
| Bush pilot who rescues Brian was doing what? | This person was a fur buyer mapping Cree Indian trapping camps. |
| 54 days | how long Brian was in the wilderness |
| after Brian was rescued he never lost his fascination for this | food |
| did Brian's parents ever reconcile? | For about a week after Brian was rescued it looked like they might get back together, but they did not. |
