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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the name, Island of the Blue Dolphins, possibly originate?
(a) From the earliest people to visit the island
(b) From the reflective coloring of the dolphins at sunset
(c) From the single dolphin once seen offshore
(d) From an ancient song of the Ghalas-at village

3. What is Karana following across the small hills and a valley, club in hand?
(a) A pack of wild dogs
(b) Nanko and Ramo and three wild dogs
(c) Three men carrying the canoe away from Ghalas-at
(d) A group of men that came up from Coral Cove

4. What is swimming ahead of the canoe?
(a) Three sea elephants with huge tusks
(b) Sea otters
(c) Blue dolphins
(d) Nothing

5. What do the villagers fear?
(a) Losing to wreckage the few remaining skin canoes
(b) The raging sea storms from the south.
(c) The water springs flooding parts of the village.
(d) Return of the Aleuts

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

7. Why does Ramo get up in the darkness and leave Ghalas-at alone?
(a) To surprise Karana by preparing the morning meal fit for a new chief
(b) To hunt the wild dogs
(c) He is angry with Karana
(d) To get a canoe hidden in Coral Cove

8. What is a law in Ghalas-at?
(a) Women of the tribe cannot make weapons.
(b) All must participate in the yearly sea otter hunt.
(c) None are permitted to leave Ghalas-at after dark.
(d) Men of the tribe distribute the cooked food.

9. What is it that is now making Karana feel happy?
(a) The blue dolphins are swimming in Coral Cove.
(b) The rocks, the kelp, the tides, the Island of the Blue Dolphins
(c) The canoe is repaired.
(d) A new source of fresh water is found.

10. Where does Chief Chowig dispatch several young men?
(a) To make more spears
(b) To the Aleut camp with beads
(c) To the cliffs to watch for more Aleut ships
(d) To the beach to watch the Aleuts so they couldn't sail away without paying the agreed price

11. What is the final deal that Chief Chowig accepts from Captain Orlov?
(a) Three parts for the Chief and one part for Captain Orlov
(b) One quarter of the catch
(c) Equal parts of the hunting catch
(d) Payment in gold for hunting off the coast of Coral Cove

12. What is the name of Karana's six year old brother?
(a) Orlov
(b) Chowig
(c) Ramo
(d) Ghalas-at

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

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

15. How do the men of the village of Ghalas-at prepare for the coming ship?
(a) They run down to greet the ship, carrying goods to trade with the crew members.
(b) They arm themselves, running to the shore to drive away the intruders.
(c) They all hide among the stones, afraid of the unwanted intruders.
(d) They carry their weapons down to the shore. Half the men stand at the edge of the water and half hide in the rocks ready to attack if necessary.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the constant winds affect the land?

2. What is Karana doing in the Ghalas-at village?

3. Why is life in the village slowed and very quiet?

4. Who jumps overboard from the ship?

5. Why is Karana putting a canoe in the water at Coral Cove?

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