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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Karana find in Ghalas-at when she returns?
(a) Ramo is sleeping
(b) Nanko and Ulape kissing
(c) Ramo has killed a wild dog
(d) Ravaging wild dogs

2. Why have white men come to the Island of the Blue Dolphins?
(a) To repair the ship
(b) To take the villagers away from Ghalas-at
(c) To catch the plentiful fish
(d) To construct better skin canoes for the villagers

3. What is it that is now making Karana feel happy?
(a) The blue dolphins are swimming in Coral Cove.
(b) The canoe is repaired.
(c) The rocks, the kelp, the tides, the Island of the Blue Dolphins
(d) A new source of fresh water is found.

4. Why is Karana searching the beach sand at Coral Cove?
(a) Looking for the chest the Aleuts brought ashore
(b) Gathering stones for making spearheads
(c) Gathering kelp to make body coverings
(d) Looking for live sea otter that wash ashore

5. What do the crew members of the ship do after it lands in Coral Cove?
(a) They attack the Ghalas-at village.
(b) Six men row to shore and one of them jumps out shouting.
(c) They offer strange foods to the village people.
(d) They bring gifts and trinkets to the people of the village.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why are the male sea elephants sitting separate from each other?

4. Who does Nanko think runs ahead of the group and boards the ship?

5. What does Karana compare the Aleut ship to as it comes nearer to the island?

(see the answer key)

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