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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the beds of kelp close to the shore used for?
(a) Sea otters use the kelp to lie in the sun and sleep.
(b) The kelp often attracts the dolphins to swim closer to shore
(c) They provide food for Ghalas-at village when fishing is poor
(d) The kelp causes the sea otters to swim far from shore.

3. What does Chief Chowig tell the two Aleuts who ask for bass?
(a) That the bass are spoiled and not edible
(b) That there is plentiful bass near the beach in the early spring
(c) He has to think of his own people and refuses to share the bass
(d) That the villagers ate all the bass the night before

4. Why does each person of Ghalas-at have two names?
(a) One name is a birth name and never used. The other is a magic name.
(b) One name is for visitors and the other for tribe use.
(c) The real name is only for family and the other for everyone else.
(d) The real name is secret so it doesn't lose its magic, and the other is the common name.

5. How do the sea otters affect humans?
(a) They are valuable as a food source.
(b) They are a nuisance to successful fishing close to shore.
(c) They are valuable to the Aleuts because of their thick, beautiful pelts.
(d) They are valuable to the Aleuts as a source for lamp oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the crew members of the ship do after it lands in Coral Cove?

2. Why don't Ulape and Karana throw rocks at the Aleuts from the cliff?

3. Who is leaving alone in a skin canoe?

4. What is the final deal that Chief Chowig accepts from Captain Orlov?

5. Why do Captain Orlov and his Aleut hunters camp on the high ground of the island?

(see the answer key)

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