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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Without chores to be done in early summer, what do Karana and Rontu do?
(a) Take walks to Tall Rock
(b) Go on canoe trips
(c) Swim in Coral Cove
(d) Lay on the sunny beach

2. What does Karana vow about killing animals the summer she renames Mon-a-nee?
(a) She vows she will only kill animals for food.
(b) She vows never to kill another animal for any reason.
(c) She vows to kill enough cormorants to make a beautiful feathered cape.
(d) She vows to kill the rest of the wild dogs.

3. What does Karana do to pass the time in the cave while she and Rontu are hiding from the Aleuts?
(a) She sleeps and cries.
(b) She makes a skirt from cormorant feathers.
(c) She makes extra weapons.
(d) She plays with Rontu.

4. As Karana looks down at the empty harbor, what is she thinking?
(a) She thinks that she finally has the island to herself again.
(b) She feels good now that the sea otters will be safe.
(c) She thinks of Tutok and all the times they sat in the sun together.
(d) She is happy that she can move back to the headland.

5. What does Karana make with yucca twine?
(a) A small fishing net
(b) A new skirt
(c) A rope
(d) A wind curtain for the cave entrance

6. What does Karana store in a place below the headland in case the Aleuts returned?
(a) A spear, bow quiver of arrows and dried shellfish
(b) Two canoes, snares, colored stones, skins
(c) Animal skins, clothing, necklaces
(d) Extra clothing, the black stone necklace, and the caged birds

7. Why does Karana name the yellow, wild dog Rontu-Aru?
(a) The name honors Rontu.
(b) The name means daughter of Rontu.
(c) The wild dog reminds her of Rontu.
(d) The dog looks so much like his father.

8. What do the men from the ship find when they come ashore?
(a) Karana's headland home
(b) Rontu-Aru and the caged birds
(c) Karana's fire and canoe
(d) Karana's black stone necklace

9. What is the biggest loss Karana suffers in the earthquake?
(a) Her two caged birds
(b) The canoes
(c) Her headland home
(d) The stores of food

10. What does Karana find when she goes to the tide pool to see Mon-a-nee after three days?
(a) Mon-a-nee is weak with hunger.
(b) The tide pool is dried up and Mon-a-tee is sick.
(c) The tide pool is deserted and Mon-a-nee is gone.
(d) Mon-a-nee is dead.

11. What is making the loud, thunderous noise on the hot day when Karana paddles her canoe around the reef?
(a) Cannon fire
(b) A tidal wave
(c) Thunder and lightning
(d) The earthquake

12. How do sea otters teach their babies to swim?
(a) The mother brushes the babies away with her flippers, swimming around them until the babies follow.
(b) The mother carries them into the water and swims back to shore.
(c) The mother pushes them into the sea, hoping they will swim.
(d) The mother lets them hold onto her flippers until they learn to swim.

13. What does Rontu do when Karana asks him to bark at the sea gulls?
(a) He looks up and barks for her a final time.
(b) He jumps up like he used to do, and barks.
(c) He gets up and barks feebly.
(d) He walks over to her, lies down at her feet, and dies.

14. Why doesn't Karana bring Rontu with her to check out the Aleut camp?
(a) Rontu will slow her down.
(b) Karana doesn't want Rontu to get hurt.
(c) Rontu will bark at the Aleuts.
(d) The Aleut dogs will smell Rontu.

15. What does Karana place in Rontu's grave?
(a) She buries him with his favorite bone.
(b) She buries him with dried abalone, and wild berries.
(c) She buries him with her black, stone necklace.
(d) She buries him with sand flowers and his favorite stick.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Karana reaches the meadow, what does she see standing on the mound?

2. What is the weather like after the fierce storms of winter?

3. Where does Karana store the canoe for the winter?

4. Where is Karana going to spend the night after the reef incident?

5. What did Tainor and Lurai build their nest out of in the spring?

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