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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Karana do on sunny days after the Aleuts leave?
(a) She wears her cormorant dress and necklace and goes for walks with Rontu along the cliff.
(b) She goes swimming to cool off.
(c) She goes to the hidden cave where it is cool.
(d) She stays in the house because the sun is so bright.

2. Why is one of the birds named Tainor?
(a) It is the name of a young man Karana liked.
(b) It is the name of a small sailing ship.
(c) It is the name of an ancient tribal chief.
(d) It is the name of the small dog Karana once owned.

3. Where does Karana store the canoe for the winter?
(a) On the beach at Coral Cove
(b) High on the cliffs
(c) In a cave
(d) At her house

4. Where is Karana going to spend the night after the reef incident?
(a) In a cave above the reef
(b) Her canoe
(c) Her house
(d) In the ravine by the spring water

5. Where did the large dog leader of the pack come from?
(a) Floated in on the surf one day after a storm
(b) The far side of the Island of the Blue Dolphins
(c) A small ravine
(d) The Aleut ship

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Karana move to the other end of the island while the Aleuts are hunting?

2. What does Karana see the gulls dropping on the rocks?

3. What does Karana do when she no longer hears the man from the ship calling to her?

4. What does Karana do before she climbs the ledge at the mouth of the cave?

5. What is Karana doing in the darkness of night?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Karana considers her yard a happy place?

2. What does Karana see while she is out looking for supplies to fix her canoe, and what is her reaction?

3. What does Karana do with the young, wounded otter she finds after the Aleutian ship departs?

4. What method does Karana use to get the wild dogs out of their lair so she can kill them? How effective is it?

5. How does Karana feel now that Tutok has gone away?

6. What does Karana do after she tracks the injured pack leader, finding him immobile on the ground?

7. How do the gulls open the scallops shells to eat the meat inside?

8. What does Karana do when she finds Rontu lying in the back of the lair in which he once lived?

9. What is Karana worried about when she takes her new spear to go and hunt devilfish?

10. What does Karana do after the Aleut girl finds her and Rontu at the cave?

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