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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Karana see the gulls dropping on the rocks?
(a) Starfish
(b) Scallops
(c) Sai-sai
(d) Abalone

2. How does Karana know Spring has come?
(a) The kelp turns black as the devilfish spray.
(b) The sun is warmer on the headlands.
(c) The sea elephants return to the beaches.
(d) The sky is full of small, black, darting birds.

3. Why don't Ulape and Karana throw rocks at the Aleuts from the cliff?
(a) They like Captain Orlov and don't want to hurt him.
(b) They want the Aleuts to stay on the island.
(c) They are afraid of hitting a man of the village.
(d) They plan to tell the Aleuts to leave by sunrise.

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

5. Who is in the ship sailing to the island from the north?
(a) The Aleuts
(b) Pirates
(c) Unfriendly natives from a different island
(d) The white men

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Karana able to get from the sea elephant carcass?

2. What name does Ramo choose as he tells Karana he is a man and the tribal chief?

3. What does Karana make with yucca twine?

4. What is a sai-sai?

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

(see the answer key)

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