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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is life in the village slowed and very quiet?
2. Why did Ramo want to go back to Ghalas-at?
3. Why did the Russians come to Coral Cove?
4. What do the villagers think about as they keep watch of the Aleut hunt from the cliffs?
5. What is the final deal that Chief Chowig accepts from Captain Orlov?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Karana goes to the spring to gather more water in her baskets, she seeks refuge from the wild dogs in a cave. She plans to turn the cave into another house. What does she do to the cave to make it habitable?
2. Overcome with fear that her brother will be abandoned on the island, what does Karana do? What is the outcome?
3. Karana cannot sleep the night before she decides to hunt sea elephants. What does she think about as she lies awake during the night?
4. Explain the image Karana uses to describe Roma's eyes.
5. 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?
6. How does Karana build a fence to protect her from the wild dogs?
7. Explain why the ship won't turn back toward the island so that Ramo can come on board?
8. After Karana finishes building her home, she decides it is time to kill the wild dogs on the island. What does she need to do the job?
9. How do the people of the Ghalas-at village know when the Aleutians are planning to leave the island?
10. Why didn't Karana want to return to the Island of the Blue Dolphins after her canoe starts to leak?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1) Summarize how O'Dell uses local color and imagery to describe the island.
2) Cite examples of plants, animals, and sea life described in the novel.
3) Does the imagery O'Dell uses depict a clear and accurate picture of the island?
4) Use examples from the story to justify the answer.
Essay Topic 2
1) Outline the important events of Karana's life on the island.
2) Describe how she comes to be stranded on the island.
3) Describe what her courses of action are to survive on the island.
4) Describe how she copes with loneliness.
5) Explain why and how she leaves the island.
Essay Topic 3
1) Analyze the structure of the novel. What is the central conflict?
2) Summarize the plot's climax and resolution.
3) Are the characterizations in the story realistic?
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