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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Chief Chowig dispatch several young men?
(a) To the beach to watch the Aleuts so they couldn't sail away without paying the agreed price
(b) To the Aleut camp with beads
(c) To the cliffs to watch for more Aleut ships
(d) To make more spears

2. How do the constant winds affect the land?
(a) They cause the hills to be polished smooth and the trees to be small and twisted
(b) They prevent the construction of any permanent shelters.
(c) They make movement about the island quite difficult.
(d) They bring dolphins closer in to the beach.

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

4. What is the captain's name from the Aleutian ship?
(a) Captain Orlov
(b) Captain Ghalas
(c) Captain Aleut
(d) Captain Mitriff

5. How do the villagers know the Aleut ship is preparing to leave?
(a) The Aleuts who normally spend the day sharpening spears, stop doing that.
(b) The dolphins have depleted the fish supply.
(c) The hunters argue more with each other.
(d) The Aleuts party late into the nights and start work much later in the mornings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Karana's six year old brother?

2. What does Chief Chowig tell the two Aleuts who ask for bass?

3. How did the name, Island of the Blue Dolphins, possibly originate?

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

5. How does Karana describe her brother's eyes?

(see the answer key)

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