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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Karana catch Rontu's son?
(a) She catches him with xuchal, made from ground shells and wild tobacco.
(b) She catches him with one of the snares she made.
(c) She catches him with a lure of abalone.
(d) She catches him with the toluache weed. which put him to sleep.

2. What does Karana find when she goes to the tide pool to see Mon-a-nee after three days?
(a) The tide pool is dried up and Mon-a-tee is sick.
(b) The tide pool is deserted and Mon-a-nee is gone.
(c) Mon-a-nee is dead.
(d) Mon-a-nee is weak with hunger.

3. How does Karana keep track of the time she has spent on the island?
(a) She draws a line on the wall of her house with charcoal for each moon that has passed.
(b) She sews one bead on her dress for each moon that has passed.
(c) She cuts a mark in a pole beside her door of all the moons that have passed.
(d) She puts one shell in a box for each moon that has passed.

4. What does Karana do before she climbs the ledge at the mouth of the cave?
(a) Makes three more spears
(b) Makes three more arrows
(c) Checks her drinking water
(d) Lights a fire at the cave entrance

5. What is the biggest loss Karana suffers in the earthquake?
(a) Her two caged birds
(b) The canoes
(c) The stores of food
(d) Her headland home

6. What is Rontu doing on days Karana works on the canoe?
(a) Sleeping back at the house
(b) Watching Karana from the cliff
(c) Running with the dog pack
(d) Chasing pelicans on the beach

7. What did Tainor and Lurai build their nest out of in the spring?
(a) Dry seaweed, leaves, and hairs from Rontu's back
(b) Seaweed, roots, and grass
(c) Leaves, grass, and vines
(d) Wild grass, kelp, and thin vines

8. What does Karana tell Tutok that proves she trusts the Aleut girl?
(a) Where she stores her food and weapons
(b) Where Rontu sleeps
(c) Her secret name
(d) Where her headland home is located

9. Why does Karana change Mon-a-nee's name?
(a) She thinks of a name that she likes better.
(b) She decides to give the otter a more masculine name.
(c) She gets tired of the old name.
(d) She discovers that the sea otter is really a girl and names her Won-a-nee.

10. What is Karana gathering in the canoe and hanging out to dry?
(a) Sweet red abalone
(b) Kelp
(c) Shells
(d) Starfish

11. What does Karana do with the yellow, wild dog after she catches him?
(a) She fashions a muzzle for him, so he won't bite her.
(b) She makes a cage to keep him in.
(c) She ties him in the yard, giving him food and water.
(d) She ties his legs together to prevent him from running away.

12. What does Karana do after the first tidal wave strikes?
(a) She climbs on of the few trees on the island.
(b) She drags herself up the face of the cliff.
(c) She runs in terror along the shore.
(d) She crawls into a cave in the side of the cliff.

13. What happens after the incident in the meadow?
(a) Wild dogs never return to the headlands.
(b) The Aleuts board their ship and sail away.
(c) Gulls are never again seen on the Island of the Blue Dolphins.
(d) Rontu disappears for one week.

14. What does Karana see as she gathers supplies to repair her canoe?
(a) Three blue dolphins jumping out of the water
(b) The wild dogs circling her home
(c) The sail of a ship
(d) A devil fish

15. How is Karana able to keep the two birds close by as friends?
(a) Always kept in the cave
(b) Always kept caged
(c) Tethered by kelp string
(d) Clips the wings

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where is Karana going to spend the night after the reef incident?

4. Where does Rontu go on the day he dies?

5. Where does Karana store the canoe for the winter?

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