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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Karana constructing shelves in the rock face?
(a) Safekeeping of the valuables from the wooden trunk
(b) Storage of drinking water
(c) To keep food away from gray mice
(d) Storage of spear points

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

3. What does Karana compare the Aleut ship to as it comes nearer to the island?
(a) A red whale
(b) A very large canoe
(c) A dolphin skimming the surface of the sea
(d) A gull with folded wings

4. What does Karana do in the cave?
(a) Sharpens the weapons
(b) Makes it into a new home
(c) Fills the second opening with many stones
(d) Waits for the storms to end

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it Karana makes after many tries?

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

3. What is the reason for a fence at the new house?

4. How do the villagers know the Aleut ship is preparing to leave?

5. Why have white men come to the Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the emotional state of the villagers after losing so many men in the battle with the Aleuts?

2. Why didn't Karana want to return to the Island of the Blue Dolphins after her canoe starts to leak?

3. Why isn't the autumn and winter peaceful in Ghalas-at, even though there is plenty of food for everyone?

4. Karana cannot sleep the night before she decides to hunt sea elephants. What does she think about as she lies awake during the night?

5. Describe the preparations the people of the village make in case the Aleuts return and they have to escape?

6. Overcome with fear that her brother will be abandoned on the island, what does Karana do? What is the outcome?

7. How does Karana describe the Aleutian ship as it nears the island?

8. When there were people in Ghalas-at, Karana would be up before sunrise and busy with many things. What does she do now that she is the only person on the island?

9. How does Karana build a fence to protect her from the wild dogs?

10. How do the men of Ghalas-at village react when the Aleut ship sails into Coral Cove?

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