1. Survival
By Tammy Westfall
July 26, 2004

2. Write 2-3 sentences telling me what survival means to you.

3. Survival Would you survive if you were stranded in the wilderness?
Take the survival quiz and see how you would score.

4. Did You Survive?
How has your idea of survival changed now that you have taken the survival quiz?

5. Now Read Hatchet
This is a book about a boy named Brian who is flying to go see his father for the summer when the pilot of the plane has a heart attack and dies. This forces Brian to land the plane and survive in the wilderness.

6. How does surviving in the wilderness compare to surviving in the real world?

7. Now Read The Cat Ate My Gymsuit.
How is the main character in this book compare to the main character in Hatchet? Does she have to survive in any way?

8. How is the meaning of survival for the main character in The Cat Ate My Gymsuit different then the survival of Brian in Hatchet?