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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why don't Ulape and Karana throw rocks at the Aleuts from the cliff?
(a) They plan to tell the Aleuts to leave by sunrise.
(b) They like Captain Orlov and don't want to hurt him.
(c) They are afraid of hitting a man of the village.
(d) They want the Aleuts to stay on the island.

2. How do the men of the village of Ghalas-at prepare for the coming ship?
(a) They run down to greet the ship, carrying goods to trade with the crew members.
(b) They carry their weapons down to the shore. Half the men stand at the edge of the water and half hide in the rocks ready to attack if necessary.
(c) They all hide among the stones, afraid of the unwanted intruders.
(d) They arm themselves, running to the shore to drive away the intruders.

3. Why doesn't Karana go to the cliff to watch and count the catch each day?
(a) Because her father forbids her
(b) Because she might get hit by an Aleut spear
(c) Because the dolphin kill makes her angry
(d) Because sea otters are her friends

4. Why are the headlands the better choice for a house?
(a) There is abundant fresh water.
(b) All of the Island of the Blue Dolphins can be seen from here.
(c) The wild dogs will not come here.
(d) It is quieter.

5. Why does Chief Kimki reverse his decision?
(a) Santa Catalina Island cannot be reached by just a single squad of men.
(b) The men resent the women being hunters, which is the work of men.
(c) The newly-made canoes can hold all the villagers and supplies.
(d) A large feast will wipe out the food presently held at the village.

6. How do the villagers know the Aleut ship is preparing to leave?
(a) The Aleuts party late into the nights and start work much later in the mornings.
(b) The Aleuts who normally spend the day sharpening spears, stop doing that.
(c) The dolphins have depleted the fish supply.
(d) The hunters argue more with each other.

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

8. Why does Karana need to leave the shelter after five days?
(a) The fence is broken
(b) To watch for the ship
(c) To go to the spring
(d) To gather some food

9. 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) An imperfectly-drawn circle
(d) Two separate pieces, linked by a reef

10. What does the young male do that starts a fight?
(a) Mates with an older cow
(b) Eats the fish that belongs to the others
(c) Takes another's spot in the sunshine
(d) Moves toward the cows that belong to an old bull

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

12. Who jumps overboard from the ship?
(a) Nanko
(b) Matasaip
(c) Karana
(d) Ramo

13. Why did the Russians come to Coral Cove?
(a) They came to take slaves back to their homeland.
(b) They came to hunt sea otter and camp on the island.
(c) They came to take over the village and its resources.
(d) They came to settle in the village.

14. What is a law in Ghalas-at?
(a) None are permitted to leave Ghalas-at after dark.
(b) Men of the tribe distribute the cooked food.
(c) All must participate in the yearly sea otter hunt.
(d) Women of the tribe cannot make weapons.

15. What is Karana doing in the Ghalas-at village?
(a) Building a storage area to protect the food supply
(b) Burning down all the houses
(c) Preparing a house for when the villagers return home
(d) Keeping a regular night watch with the villagers

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are the male sea elephants sitting separate from each other?

3. Where does Chief Chowig dispatch several young men?

4. What is the first deal that Captain Orlov offers Chief Chowig with regard to the hunting catch?

5. What does Karana need to hunt wild dogs?

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