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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the decision of Chief Kimki?
(a) A large feast will be held to celebrate the good fortune of Ghalas-at.
(b) A squad of men will row to Santa Catalina immediately.
(c) The newly-made skin canoes are not to be used yet.
(d) Every villager is assigned a task and the women become hunters.

2. Why do the villagers need an escape plan?
(a) The villagers cannot climb down the cliffs.
(b) The increase of serious storms is making the island unlivable.
(c) They must leave the Island of the Blue Dolphins if the Aleuts return.
(d) The supplies of food and water are now inadequate.

3. What does Karana find in Ghalas-at when she returns?
(a) Ramo has killed a wild dog
(b) Ramo is sleeping
(c) Nanko and Ulape kissing
(d) Ravaging wild dogs

4. Why does Chief Chowig advise the people not to visit the Aleut's camp?
(a) He warns them that the Aleuts carry disease.
(b) He tells them that the Aleuts have powerful, evil magic.
(c) He says that the Aleuts might kidnap women and children.
(d) He says that the Aleut's ways and language are not their ways

5. What is Captain Orlov's reaction to Chief Chowig's refusal of one chest as payment?
(a) He sets sail while the sun is still high.
(b) He instructs his men not to use knives and spears.
(c) He tells Chief Chowig there are more chests on the ship just like the one on the sand.
(d) He has the six chests brought to the beach after the ship is fully loaded.

6. Why doesn't Karana go to the cliff to watch and count the catch each day?
(a) Because she might get hit by an Aleut spear
(b) Because her father forbids her
(c) Because sea otters are her friends
(d) Because the dolphin kill makes her angry

7. How do the Aleuts act as they prepare to leave the island?
(a) They are laughing as if they are happy to leave the island.
(b) They empty one of the six chests.
(c) They hate Captain Orlov and refuse to follow his directions.
(d) They do not carry weapons of any kind while on the beach.

8. What is the first thing Karana does after returning from her failed mission?
(a) Sleeps, exhausted on the sand of Coral Cove
(b) Kills a wild dog on the beach
(c) Builds a fire on the sandy beach
(d) Fixes a leak on the canoe

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

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

11. Who is leaving alone in a skin canoe?
(a) Chief Kimki
(b) Ramo
(c) The Girl with the Long Black Hair
(d) Chief Chowig

12. What does the shape of the island resemble when a person stands on a rise in the middle?
(a) A roughly-drawn rectangle
(b) A dolphin lying on its side
(c) Two separate pieces, linked by a reef
(d) An imperfectly-drawn circle

13. What is the major topic of discussion about leaving Ghalas-at?
(a) Chief Chowig says the water at Ghalas-at has become polluted.
(b) The new skin canoes are less sea worthy than the old ones.
(c) The tuna and abalone stock is becoming depleted.
(d) Santa Catalina Island is far off and has very little water.

14. Even the smallest stored canoe is too heavy to lift, so what is Karana's solution?
(a) Shorten the length of the canoe
(b) Clear rocks and make a slippery kelp slide straight to the water
(c) Ask Ramo to help
(d) Await a very high tide

15. What is Karana doing in the Ghalas-at village?
(a) Building a storage area to protect the food supply
(b) Keeping a regular night watch with the villagers
(c) Preparing a house for when the villagers return home
(d) Burning down all the houses

Short Answer Questions

1. Who greets the large Russian man after he says that he comes in peace?

2. What are the beds of kelp close to the shore used for?

3. What is Karana following across the small hills and a valley, club in hand?

4. How did the name, Island of the Blue Dolphins, possibly originate?

5. Who is the reason someone jumps overboard?

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