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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Karana compare the Aleut ship to as it comes nearer to the island?
(a) A red whale
(b) A gull with folded wings
(c) A dolphin skimming the surface of the sea
(d) A very large canoe

2. What is the first deal that Captain Orlov offers Chief Chowig with regard to the hunting catch?
(a) He offers trinkets brought from Russia to the chief.
(b) He offers one part of goods to be paid to the chief and two parts for the Captain's men.
(c) He offers only to leave the village alone if they let his men hunt.
(d) He offers one quarter of the catch to the chief.

3. What was the problem the tribe encountered when Captain Mitriff came to the village to hunt years before?
(a) He had the men of the village do all the hunting from one moon to the next without stopping.
(b) He beat the men of the village, forcing them to wait on him and all the crew members.
(c) He and his men did all the hunting and did not give the tribe any of the catch.
(d) He enslaved the villagers and forced them to hunt for a year's time.

4. Who is leaving alone in a skin canoe?
(a) The Girl with the Long Black Hair
(b) Ramo
(c) Chief Chowig
(d) Chief Kimki

5. Why does the night watchman sound the alarm in the village?
(a) Chief Kimka is paddling toward the Island of the Blue Dolphins.
(b) Wild dogs are ravaging the scarce food supply.
(c) There are men and a cook fire on the beach.
(d) He sees by the dawning light what he thinks is an Aleut ship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who greets the large Russian man after he says that he comes in peace?

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

4. Why did the Russians come to Coral Cove?

5. How do the Aleuts act as they prepare to leave the island?

(see the answer key)

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