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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Karana vow to kill as she sits awake all night?
(a) A pack of wild dogs
(b) Nanko
(c) The men camped in Coral Cove
(d) Chief Matasaip

2. What is Rontu rushing forward to attack?
(a) A wounded sea otter
(b) A giant devilfish
(c) The beached blue dolphin
(d) An angry sea elephant

3. Why does Chief Kimki reverse his decision?
(a) The newly-made canoes can hold all the villagers and supplies.
(b) A large feast will wipe out the food presently held at the village.
(c) Santa Catalina Island cannot be reached by just a single squad of men.
(d) The men resent the women being hunters, which is the work of men.

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

5. What do the villagers think about as they keep watch of the Aleut hunt from the cliffs?
(a) How much their lives have improved since the Aleuts came
(b) How much the catch means in beads and other things
(c) The dolphins off shore near the ship
(d) How exciting it will be when the Aleuts bring the women and children to settle here

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is a new house necessary?

2. Why does Karana not use her arrows to help Rontu in the meadow?

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

4. What injury does Karana incur as she trips to avoid the old bull on the slope?

5. Why is life in the village slowed and very quiet?

(see the answer key)

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