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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 the reason for a fence at the new house?
(a) A windbreak during high wind storms
(b) Karana has always wanted a fence.
(c) Keep out wild dogs.
(d) Deter the red foxes that steal

2. What are the things that make the first day of house building a good omen?
(a) There are supplies on hand.
(b) Ramo is very eager to work.
(c) The pleasant smells of the tidal pools, the wild grasses, and the sand plants
(d) Wild dogs have not been seen for days.

3. What does the pack leader do when he exits the cave?
(a) Runs back in to the cave
(b) Runs to the head of the pack
(c) Stares menacingly at Karana
(d) Runs off by himself

4. What does Chief Chowig tell the two Aleuts who ask for bass?
(a) That the bass are spoiled and not edible
(b) That there is plentiful bass near the beach in the early spring
(c) He has to think of his own people and refuses to share the bass
(d) That the villagers ate all the bass the night before

5. What does Karana compare the Aleut ship to as it comes nearer to the island?
(a) A red whale
(b) A very large canoe
(c) A dolphin skimming the surface of the sea
(d) A gull with folded wings

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the Aleuts act as they prepare to leave the island?

3. What is Karana gathering in the canoe and hanging out to dry?

4. As Karana looks down at the empty harbor, what is she thinking?

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

(see the answer key)

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