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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 vow about killing animals the summer she renames Mon-a-nee?
2. What does Karana store in a place below the headland in case the Aleuts returned?
3. Where is Karana going to spend the night after the reef incident?
4. What is a stronger feeling to Karana than the happy times on the island?
5. What did Tainor and Lurai build their nest out of in the spring?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Karana do after she tracks the injured pack leader, finding him immobile on the ground?
2. What does Karana do when she finds Rontu lying in the back of the lair in which he once lived?
3. Compare Rontu with his son, Rontu-Aru.
4. What happens after Karana spears the giant devilfish?
5. What does Karana lose in the damage of the tidal waves?
6. What happens to Karena on the very hot day after the winter storms when she takes the canoe to paddle around the reef?
7. 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?
8. What does Karana do after the Aleut girl finds her and Rontu at the cave?
9. 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?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1) Examine the concept that survival on the island is a form of initiation for Karana.
2) How does her life on the island move her from innocence to maturity?
3) In what way does she develop a new sense of herself?
4) How does she develop a deeper understanding of the world around her?
5) At what moment does this new knowledge of her world become evident to her?
Essay Topic 2
1) What is the message O'Dell is trying to convey in the novel?
2) Does he depict a realistic and relevant view of human nature through Karana's character?
3) Are the human qualities of the character too sentimental, cynical, or unwilling to change? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
1) Analyze Karana's decision to leave the island with the white missionary at the end of the novel.
2) What other alternatives does she have?
3) Write an epilogue summarizing the result of her decision.
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