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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. After the ship lands in Coral Cove, what does Karana think about?
(a) She thinks of her brother Ramo, Rontu, and Ulape.
(b) She thinks about how she can hide from the men.
(c) She thinks of her ancestors, happy times, and her unfinished canoe.
(d) She thinks about how she can chase the men away.

2. What is a stronger feeling to Karana than the happy times on the island?
(a) A wish to be with people, hearing their voices and laughter
(b) The wish to keep the sea otters safe from the men on the ship
(c) The wish to remain with Rontu-Aru and her animal friends
(d) The wish to stay where her brother and father are buried

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

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

5. 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) Mon-a-nee is weak with hunger.
(c) Mon-a-nee is dead.
(d) The tide pool is deserted and Mon-a-nee is gone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the big gray dog do when Karana finds him at the rocks after 2 days?

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

3. Why does Karana decide she needs a new canoe?

4. What is the sound the unknown birds are making that Karana likes?

5. Why does Karana attempt to catch a devilfish?

Short Essay Questions

1. What method does Karana use to get the wild dogs out of their lair so she can kill them? How effective is it?

2. What does Karana do when she finds Rontu lying in the back of the lair in which he once lived?

3. How does Karana feel now that Tutok has gone away?

4. Karana watches for Tutok from a brushy ledge the morning after finding the necklace. What does Karana do when Tutok arrives, then turns to leave when she sees that Karana has not taken the necklace?

5. What does Karana do after the Aleut girl finds her and Rontu at the cave?

6. How do the gulls open the scallops shells to eat the meat inside?

7. Compare Rontu with his son, Rontu-Aru.

8. In case the Aleuts returned to the island, Karana repairs the canoe for a fast escape. What alterations does she make to the canoe to make it more manageable for her size?

9. What happens to Karena on the very hot day after the winter storms when she takes the canoe to paddle around the reef?

10. Karana survives the tidal waves and returns to the headland. What happens when Rontu-Aru greets her?

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