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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chief Chowig tell the two Aleuts who ask for bass?
(a) That the villagers ate all the bass the night before
(b) That the bass are spoiled and not edible
(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

2. What is the sound the unknown birds are making that Karana likes?
(a) Reep reep
(b) Screaming
(c) Tweeting
(d) Cooing

3. What is the law Karana's father tells her about?
(a) No hunting allowed on a full moon night
(b) Fish food should never be allowed to spoil.
(c) Women are not allowed to make weapons.
(d) The sea gods constantly watch The Island of the Blue Dolphins.

4. What does the shape of the island resemble when a person stands on a rise in the middle?
(a) A roughly-drawn rectangle
(b) A dolphin lying on its side
(c) Two separate pieces, linked by a reef
(d) An imperfectly-drawn circle

5. What is swimming ahead of the canoe?
(a) Three sea elephants with huge tusks
(b) Sea otters
(c) Blue dolphins
(d) Nothing

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karana place in Rontu's grave?

2. What does Karana fear if she violates the laws of Ghalas-at?

3. What is Captain Orlov's reaction to Chief Chowig's refusal of one chest as payment?

4. What does Karana do to pass the time in the cave while she and Rontu are hiding from the Aleuts?

5. Who vainly packs earrings and blue clay into the luggage?

(see the answer key)

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