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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first deal that Captain Orlov offers Chief Chowig with regard to the hunting catch?
(a) He offers trinkets brought from Russia to the chief.
(b) He offers only to leave the village alone if they let his men hunt.
(c) He offers one part of goods to be paid to the chief and two parts for the Captain's men.
(d) He offers one quarter of the catch to the chief.

2. What does Karana realize is happening while she is paddling the canoe?
(a) The extra paddle is missing
(b) The sea otter may capsize the canoe
(c) The kelp is too thick for a canoe
(d) The canoe is leaking

3. Why does the night watchman sound the alarm in the village?
(a) There are men and a cook fire on the beach.
(b) Wild dogs are ravaging the scarce food supply.
(c) He sees by the dawning light what he thinks is an Aleut ship.
(d) Chief Kimka is paddling toward the Island of the Blue Dolphins.

4. Why does the number of men in the Ghalas-at tribe change suddenly?
(a) Many choose to leave the village and follow Captain Orlov.
(b) There is constant arguing and unrest among the villagers.
(c) Many choose to leave the village with Chief Chowig.
(d) Many are killed in battle.

5. What does Chief Chowig tell the two Aleuts who ask for bass?
(a) That there is plentiful bass near the beach in the early spring
(b) That the villagers ate all the bass the night before
(c) That the bass are spoiled and not edible
(d) He has to think of his own people and refuses to share the bass

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the captain's name from the Aleutian ship?

2. What is Captain Orlov's reaction to Chief Chowig's refusal of one chest as payment?

3. What was the problem the tribe encountered when Captain Mitriff came to the village to hunt years before?

4. What is Karana using to make a fence?

5. What helps Karana decide between the two possible sites for a new house?

(see the answer key)

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