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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the night watchman sound the alarm in the village?
(a) Wild dogs are ravaging the scarce food supply.
(b) Chief Kimka is paddling toward the Island of the Blue Dolphins.
(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.

2. What is the first thing Karana does after returning from her failed mission?
(a) Kills a wild dog on the beach
(b) Fixes a leak on the canoe
(c) Builds a fire on the sandy beach
(d) Sleeps, exhausted on the sand of Coral Cove

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

4. Why do the villagers need an escape plan?
(a) The supplies of food and water are now inadequate.
(b) The villagers cannot climb down the cliffs.
(c) The increase of serious storms is making the island unlivable.
(d) They must leave the Island of the Blue Dolphins if the Aleuts return.

5. What is Karana following across the small hills and a valley, club in hand?
(a) A group of men that came up from Coral Cove
(b) Nanko and Ramo and three wild dogs
(c) A pack of wild dogs
(d) Three men carrying the canoe away from Ghalas-at

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Russians come to Coral Cove?

2. Who jumps overboard from the ship?

3. Who does Karana vow to kill as she sits awake all night?

4. How do the men of the village of Ghalas-at prepare for the coming ship?

5. Why does Ramo get up in the darkness and leave Ghalas-at alone?

(see the answer key)

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