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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 find when she goes to the tide pool to see Mon-a-nee after three days?

2. How is Karana able to keep the two birds close by as friends?

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

4. What does Karana tell Tutok that proves she trusts the Aleut girl?

5. What does Karana store in a place below the headland in case the Aleuts returned?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare Rontu with his son, Rontu-Aru.

2. What happens after Karana spears the giant devilfish?

3. What is the great discovery that Karana and Rontu make as they travel around the island in the canoe?

4. What happens to Karena on the very hot day after the winter storms when she takes the canoe to paddle around the reef?

5. Summarize Karana's feelings toward the animals on the island

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Evaluate the relationship between Karana and Rontu.

2) How do their attitudes change toward one another throughout the novel?

3) Explain how they become a true family.

4) Give examples from the story of how they rely on one another.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

1) Summarize how O'Dell uses local color and imagery to describe the island.

2) Cite examples of plants, animals, and sea life described in the novel.

3) Does the imagery O'Dell uses depict a clear and accurate picture of the island?

4) Use examples from the story to justify the answer.

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