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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Karana gathering in the canoe and hanging out to dry?
(a) Kelp
(b) Starfish
(c) Sweet red abalone
(d) Shells

2. What does Karana see in the cave?
(a) Stone cuts of animals carved on the walls
(b) Weapons from long ago
(c) Bones of previous inhabitants
(d) Markings of a huge fire long ago

3. 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

4. Who does Nanko think runs ahead of the group and boards the ship?
(a) Matasaip
(b) Ulape
(c) Kimka
(d) Ramo

5. Why is Karana putting a canoe in the water at Coral Cove?
(a) To spear a sea elephant
(b) To flee the loneliness of The Island of the Blue Dolphins
(c) To spear a sea otter
(d) To escape from attack of the wild dogs

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the large dog leader of the pack come from?

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

3. What was the problem the tribe encountered when Captain Mitriff came to the village to hunt years before?

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

5. What does Karana vow about killing animals the summer she renames Mon-a-nee?

(see the answer key)

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