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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only thing that makes Karana sad?
(a) Ulape loves Nanko.
(b) She loses her skirt of yucca fibers.
(c) Ramo disobeys her.
(d) The Island of the Blue Dolphins is the only place she has ever known.

2. Why doesn't Karana move to the other end of the island while the Aleuts are hunting?
(a) Karana is too sick to move from her home.
(b) The far end of the island has no springs or places to hide the canoe.
(c) Karana is afraid of spirits at the far end of the island.
(d) It is too far for Karana to travel.

3. Who is the reason someone jumps overboard?
(a) Ramo
(b) Matasaip
(c) Nanko
(d) Karana

4. What does Karana store in a place below the headland in case the Aleuts returned?
(a) Animal skins, clothing, necklaces
(b) Two canoes, snares, colored stones, skins
(c) Extra clothing, the black stone necklace, and the caged birds
(d) A spear, bow quiver of arrows and dried shellfish

5. What does Karana see in Black Cave?
(a) Skeleton of a sea elephant
(b) Skeletons of wild dogs
(c) Skeletons of sea otters
(d) A seated human skeleton

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karana see in the early morning light at the Aleut camp?

2. What does the big gray dog do when Karana finds him at the rocks after 2 days?

3. How does Karana know Spring has come?

4. What happens after the incident in the meadow?

5. As Karana watches Rontu from a short distance, what is she seeing?

(see the answer key)

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