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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Karana compare the Aleut ship to as it comes nearer to the island?
(a) A very large canoe
(b) A gull with folded wings
(c) A red whale
(d) A dolphin skimming the surface of the sea

2. Why are the headlands the better choice for a house?
(a) All of the Island of the Blue Dolphins can be seen from here.
(b) There is abundant fresh water.
(c) It is quieter.
(d) The wild dogs will not come here.

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

4. What does Chief Chowig tell the two Aleuts who ask for bass?
(a) That the bass are spoiled and not edible
(b) That the villagers ate all the bass the night before
(c) He has to think of his own people and refuses to share the bass
(d) That there is plentiful bass near the beach in the early spring

5. How do the Ghalas-at tribesmen prepare for the confrontation with Captain Orlov?
(a) They leave all weapons in the village when they go to see the ship set sail.
(b) They leave their place at the foot of the trail, moving forward, waiting, and watching Chief Chowig.
(c) They carry only small knives as weapons.
(d) They trust Captain Orlov will keep the agreement, so they carry no weapons.

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

7. Why is Karana leaving the raging battle of sea elephants?
(a) Her elbow is swollen and throbbing.
(b) Darkness has fallen.
(c) She has vision in only one eye.
(d) Both sea elephants are mortally wounded.

8. What is it Karana makes after many tries?
(a) A net to catch a sea elephant
(b) A winter cloak from sea elephant hides
(c) A bow and some arrows
(d) A fishing spear

9. What do the villagers think about as they keep watch of the Aleut hunt from the cliffs?
(a) How much the catch means in beads and other things
(b) How much their lives have improved since the Aleuts came
(c) The dolphins off shore near the ship
(d) How exciting it will be when the Aleuts bring the women and children to settle here

10. What is Karana's decision about her future?
(a) To leave the village and live on a sheltered, flat rock
(b) Decides to have many children to increase the Ghalas-at population
(c) She will be a spearhead-maker for the village
(d) To become the first woman leader of Ghalas-at

11. How did the name, Island of the Blue Dolphins, possibly originate?
(a) From the reflective coloring of the dolphins at sunset
(b) From an ancient song of the Ghalas-at village
(c) From the earliest people to visit the island
(d) From the single dolphin once seen offshore

12. What is a law in Ghalas-at?
(a) Women of the tribe cannot make weapons.
(b) All must participate in the yearly sea otter hunt.
(c) Men of the tribe distribute the cooked food.
(d) None are permitted to leave Ghalas-at after dark.

13. Who does Karana vow to kill as she sits awake all night?
(a) The men camped in Coral Cove
(b) Chief Matasaip
(c) Nanko
(d) A pack of wild dogs

14. What are the beds of kelp close to the shore used for?
(a) They provide food for Ghalas-at village when fishing is poor
(b) The kelp causes the sea otters to swim far from shore.
(c) The kelp often attracts the dolphins to swim closer to shore
(d) Sea otters use the kelp to lie in the sun and sleep.

15. What does Karana fear if she violates the laws of Ghalas-at?
(a) She alone will have to leave the village
(b) She will be flogged in the center of the village
(c) A wind storm, an earthquake, or tidal wave will destroy the village
(d) She and her family will have to leave the village

Short Answer Questions

1. Which utensil Karana is making?

2. How do the sea otters affect humans?

3. What is swimming ahead of the canoe?

4. Why does the number of men in the Ghalas-at tribe change suddenly?

5. When the wild dogs are heard barking, who is being attacked?

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