Brian tries to think back to his science classes in school, and racks his brain to remember if any teacher ever told him what made fire. He knows that fire needs fuel and oxygen. Brian realizes that he needs to blow on the fire. He uses the hatchet to create sparks and they land on the birch bark.
The sixth-grade students liked volunteering their time to read to the elderly people in the hospital. It made the volunteers happy. This is the most accurate.