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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What awaits Karana upon her return to the cave?
(a) A fallen tree for fire wood
(b) Unknown animal tracks
(c) The wild dog pack
(d) Swarms of gray mice

2. Why is life in the village slowed and very quiet?
(a) The return of the hunters is days overdue.
(b) The water for the village is now polluted.
(c) The memory of those who are gone is a burden in the hearts of all.
(d) The food supply is quickly running down.

3. Why is a new house necessary?
(a) The wild dogs are becoming too aggressive.
(b) The old house is destroyed in a storm.
(c) Ramo now needs a house of his own.
(d) Karana needs better shelter from the winds and the storms.

4. Which utensil Karana is making?
(a) A stone cooking pan
(b) A kelp screen for a strainer
(c) A wooden spoon
(d) Tongs for cooking on the open fire

5. Why are the male sea elephants sitting separate from each other?
(a) To protect the herd community from every direction
(b) They need plenty of space to sleep in the sunshine
(c) They are bad-tempered, jealous, and quick to fight.
(d) To encourage the female to mate

6. What does Karana need to hunt wild dogs?
(a) Several snares
(b) Larger bow and sharper arrows
(c) Decaying bird flesh
(d) Poison sticks

7. What do the crew members of the ship do after it lands in Coral Cove?
(a) Six men row to shore and one of them jumps out shouting.
(b) They offer strange foods to the village people.
(c) They bring gifts and trinkets to the people of the village.
(d) They attack the Ghalas-at village.

8. What does Karana see in the cave?
(a) Weapons from long ago
(b) Bones of previous inhabitants
(c) Markings of a huge fire long ago
(d) Stone cuts of animals carved on the walls

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

10. What is the only thing that makes Karana sad?
(a) The Island of the Blue Dolphins is the only place she has ever known.
(b) Ramo disobeys her.
(c) Ulape loves Nanko.
(d) She loses her skirt of yucca fibers.

11. What helps Karana decide between the two possible sites for a new house?
(a) The wind direction
(b) The availability of fresh water
(c) The view of Coral Cove
(d) The sea elephants

12. What is Captain Orlov's reaction to Chief Chowig's refusal of one chest as payment?
(a) He sets sail while the sun is still high.
(b) He has the six chests brought to the beach after the ship is fully loaded.
(c) He tells Chief Chowig there are more chests on the ship just like the one on the sand.
(d) He instructs his men not to use knives and spears.

13. How do villagers feel about leaving the Island of the Blue Dolphin?
(a) Thankful for not starving on the island
(b) They trust their tribesman Nanko.
(c) Regretful that Kimka is dead
(d) Fearful about the destination, nonetheless happy

14. What is Karana doing in the Ghalas-at village?
(a) Preparing a house for when the villagers return home
(b) Keeping a regular night watch with the villagers
(c) Burning down all the houses
(d) Building a storage area to protect the food supply

15. What are the things that make the first day of house building a good omen?
(a) Ramo is very eager to work.
(b) The pleasant smells of the tidal pools, the wild grasses, and the sand plants
(c) Wild dogs have not been seen for days.
(d) There are supplies on hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the beds of kelp close to the shore used for?

2. Why does Karana need to leave the shelter after five days?

3. How did the name, Island of the Blue Dolphins, possibly originate?

4. How do the sea otters affect humans?

5. As a storm rages for six days, what is Karana doing?

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