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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. What does Karana find when she goes to the tide pool to see Mon-a-nee after three days?
2. What does Karana make with yucca twine?
3. Without chores to be done in early summer, what do Karana and Rontu do?
4. What does Karana vow about killing animals the summer she renames Mon-a-nee?
5. Where do Karana and Rontu-Aru go during the earthquake?
Short Essay Questions
1. Karana makes several trips to her cave during the day to move all her belongings. On the final trip, she has a feeling someone has been there. What happens?
2. How do the gulls open the scallops shells to eat the meat inside?
3. What does Karana do when she finds Rontu lying in the back of the lair in which he once lived?
4. What does Karana discover in Black Cave on the southern coast of the island that frightens her?
5. Explain why Karana considers her yard a happy place?
6. What does Karana do after the Aleut girl finds her and Rontu at the cave?
7. How does Karana feel now that Tutok has gone away?
8. What does Karana do with the young, wounded otter she finds after the Aleutian ship departs?
9. What does Karana see while she is out looking for supplies to fix her canoe, and what is her reaction?
10. What does Karana do after she tracks the injured pack leader, finding him immobile on the ground?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1) Evaluate the elements of cause and effect in this story using examples from the novel.
2) Choose three events from the story which then cause Karana's life to undergo a change.
3) How does she react to the events and their effects?
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) Discuss how Karana grows as a character from the beginning of the novel to the end.
2) How do her attitudes change toward the wild dogs?
3) How do her feelings change toward the Aleuts?
4) How do her feelings toward life on the island differ from the beginning to the end of the novel?
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