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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is swimming ahead of the canoe?
(a) Nothing
(b) Blue dolphins
(c) Three sea elephants with huge tusks
(d) Sea otters

2. When Karana reaches the meadow, what does she see standing on the mound?
(a) A pack of dogs
(b) Rontu
(c) Hundreds of gulls
(d) Aleuts

3. What is the law Karana's father tells her about?
(a) The sea gods constantly watch The Island of the Blue Dolphins.
(b) No hunting allowed on a full moon night
(c) Women are not allowed to make weapons.
(d) Fish food should never be allowed to spoil.

4. Why are the male sea elephants sitting separate from each other?
(a) To encourage the female to mate
(b) To protect the herd community from every direction
(c) They are bad-tempered, jealous, and quick to fight.
(d) They need plenty of space to sleep in the sunshine

5. What injury does Karana incur as she trips to avoid the old bull on the slope?
(a) Her left eye is injured.
(b) Her elbow is injured.
(c) Her leg is injured.
(d) She gets a nosebleed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Even the smallest stored canoe is too heavy to lift, so what is Karana's solution?

2. Who jumps overboard from the ship?

3. As a storm rages for six days, what is Karana doing?

4. After fishing, as Karana climbs the cliff what does she hear?

5. Where does a white puff of smoke come from?

(see the answer key)

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