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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Karana vow about killing animals the summer she renames Mon-a-nee?
(a) She vows never to kill another animal for any reason.
(b) She vows to kill the rest of the wild dogs.
(c) She vows she will only kill animals for food.
(d) She vows to kill enough cormorants to make a beautiful feathered cape.

2. Where does Karana store the canoe for the winter?
(a) On the beach at Coral Cove
(b) In a cave
(c) High on the cliffs
(d) At her house

3. 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.

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

5. What does Karana do to pass the time during the winter that the Aleuts are on the island?
(a) She makes a robe of feathers.
(b) She dries smelts and shellfish.
(c) She makes string for her fishing spear, hooks of abalone shell and earrings.
(d) She talks to Rontu and makes arrows.

6. As Karana looks down at the empty harbor, what is she thinking?
(a) She feels good now that the sea otters will be safe.
(b) She is happy that she can move back to the headland.
(c) She thinks of Tutok and all the times they sat in the sun together.
(d) She thinks that she finally has the island to herself again.

7. Where does Rontu go on the day he dies?
(a) He goes to the top of the cliff and looks out at the sea.
(b) He goes to the back of Karana's house and lies on her robes.
(c) He returns to the lair where he once lived with the wild dogs and lays in the back of the cave.
(d) He goes to the beach and lies on the sand, letting the water wash over him.

8. What does Karana make for Tutok as a gift?
(a) Seal skin sandals
(b) A circlet of abalone shells for her hair
(c) Pierced stone earrings
(d) A cape of cormorant feathers

9. What does Karana place in Rontu's grave?
(a) She buries him with dried abalone, and wild berries.
(b) She buries him with sand flowers and his favorite stick.
(c) She buries him with her black, stone necklace.
(d) She buries him with his favorite bone.

10. Why is one of the birds named Tainor?
(a) It is the name of a young man Karana liked.
(b) It is the name of the small dog Karana once owned.
(c) It is the name of an ancient tribal chief.
(d) It is the name of a small sailing ship.

11. Where do Karana and Rontu-Aru go during the earthquake?
(a) They crawl into their headland home.
(b) They go to the Black Cave.
(c) They lay on the ground next to each other.
(d) They get into the canoe and paddle away from land.

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

13. What does the otter's name, Mon-a-nee mean?
(a) Long Whiskers
(b) Little Boy with Long Whiskers
(c) Little Boy with Large Eyes
(d) Glossy Nose

14. What is Karana doing in the darkness of night?
(a) Preparing the canoe to flee from The Island of the Blue Dolphins
(b) Watching for movement on the beach
(c) Moving belongings from the house to the cave
(d) Making sharp spear points

15. What happens on the evening Karana returns to her headland home?
(a) Lightning strikes her home
(b) A hurricane blows fierce winds
(c) The earth begins to move from an earthquake
(d) The wild dogs attack Rontu-Aru

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name Rontu mean in English?

2. What is a stronger feeling to Karana than the happy times on the island?

3. What is Karana making for Rontu?

4. Who walks into Karana's camp as she is holding up the skirt she just made?

5. What is making the loud, thunderous noise on the hot day when Karana paddles her canoe around the reef?

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