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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the villagers calmed after the alarm?
(a) A huge warship bypasses the Island of the Blue Dolphins.
(b) The young warrior chief Kimka does not come onto the island.
(c) The wild dogs are finally driven off.
(d) The ship has white sails rather than the red of the Aleuts.

2. Who vainly packs earrings and blue clay into the luggage?
(a) Karana
(b) Ulape
(c) The Girl with the Long Black Hair
(d) Matasaip

3. How did the name, Island of the Blue Dolphins, possibly originate?
(a) From the reflective coloring of the dolphins at sunset
(b) From an ancient song of the Ghalas-at village
(c) From the earliest people to visit the island
(d) From the single dolphin once seen offshore

4. What does the shape of the island resemble when a person stands on a rise in the middle?
(a) A roughly-drawn rectangle
(b) A dolphin lying on its side
(c) Two separate pieces, linked by a reef
(d) An imperfectly-drawn circle

5. Who greets the large Russian man after he says that he comes in peace?
(a) Ghalas-at
(b) Won-a-pa-lei
(c) Chief Chowig
(d) Roma

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Aleuts act as they prepare to leave the island?

2. What is the final deal that Chief Chowig accepts from Captain Orlov?

3. What is the first thing Karana does after returning from her failed mission?

4. Why do the villagers need an escape plan?

5. Why is Karana searching the beach sand at Coral Cove?

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