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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who jumps overboard from the ship?
(a) Matasaip
(b) Ramo
(c) Karana
(d) Nanko

3. Why don't Ulape and Karana throw rocks at the Aleuts from the cliff?
(a) They like Captain Orlov and don't want to hurt him.
(b) They plan to tell the Aleuts to leave by sunrise.
(c) They want the Aleuts to stay on the island.
(d) They are afraid of hitting a man of the village.

4. Even the smallest stored canoe is too heavy to lift, so what is Karana's solution?
(a) Ask Ramo to help
(b) Shorten the length of the canoe
(c) Clear rocks and make a slippery kelp slide straight to the water
(d) Await a very high tide

5. Why does Karana not use her arrows to help Rontu in the meadow?
(a) Rontu has the advantage, to disrupt would only mean another fight later.
(b) The Aleuts are out of range.
(c) She has lost all but two.
(d) The gulls will swarm and kill her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Ghalas-at tribesmen prepare for the confrontation with Captain Orlov?

2. As Karana watches Rontu from a short distance, what is she seeing?

3. Why is Karana putting a canoe in the water at Coral Cove?

4. Who is the reason someone jumps overboard?

5. Who does Nanko think runs ahead of the group and boards the ship?

(see the answer key)

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