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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 doing in the darkness of night?
(a) Watching for movement on the beach
(b) Making sharp spear points
(c) Preparing the canoe to flee from The Island of the Blue Dolphins
(d) Moving belongings from the house to the cave

2. Why does Karana not use her arrows to help Rontu in the meadow?
(a) Rontu has the advantage, to disrupt would only mean another fight later.
(b) The gulls will swarm and kill her.
(c) The Aleuts are out of range.
(d) She has lost all but two.

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

4. How does the island seem to Karana after Tutok leaves?
(a) Less dangerous
(b) Back to normal
(c) Very quiet
(d) More peaceful

5. Why do Captain Orlov and his Aleut hunters camp on the high ground of the island?
(a) To be able to look at all parts of the island's coast for sea otters
(b) To get a better view of the village and any uprisings from the tribe
(c) Because the beach is small and almost floods when the tide comes in
(d) To keep a lookout on the sea for any enemy ships

Short Answer Questions

1. Spring time on The Island of the Blue Dolphins brought lots of these?

2. What is a sai-sai?

3. How do sea otters teach their babies to swim?

4. What do the crew members of the ship do after it lands in Coral Cove?

5. What did Tainor and Lurai build their nest out of in the spring?

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