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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the night watchman sound the alarm in the village?
(a) He sees by the dawning light what he thinks is an Aleut ship.
(b) Wild dogs are ravaging the scarce food supply.
(c) There are men and a cook fire on the beach.
(d) Chief Kimka is paddling toward the Island of the Blue Dolphins.

2. Why are the male sea elephants sitting separate from each other?
(a) To encourage the female to mate
(b) They need plenty of space to sleep in the sunshine
(c) They are bad-tempered, jealous, and quick to fight.
(d) To protect the herd community from every direction

3. Why is Karana constructing shelves in the rock face?
(a) To keep food away from gray mice
(b) Storage of drinking water
(c) Safekeeping of the valuables from the wooden trunk
(d) Storage of spear points

4. 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) Wild dogs have not been seen for days.
(c) Ramo is very eager to work.
(d) There are supplies on hand.

5. What awaits Karana upon her return to the cave?
(a) A fallen tree for fire wood
(b) The wild dog pack
(c) Unknown animal tracks
(d) Swarms of gray mice

6. What name does Ramo choose as he tells Karana he is a man and the tribal chief?
(a) Takes the name Chief Son of Chowig
(b) Takes the name Chief Tanyositlopai
(c) Takes the name Chief Ramo
(d) Takes the name Chief of The Island of the Blue Dolphins

7. How do the constant winds affect the land?
(a) They bring dolphins closer in to the beach.
(b) They cause the hills to be polished smooth and the trees to be small and twisted
(c) They make movement about the island quite difficult.
(d) They prevent the construction of any permanent shelters.

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

9. Why is Karana searching the beach sand at Coral Cove?
(a) Gathering kelp to make body coverings
(b) Gathering stones for making spearheads
(c) Looking for the chest the Aleuts brought ashore
(d) Looking for live sea otter that wash ashore

10. What does Karana fear if she violates the laws of Ghalas-at?
(a) She will be flogged in the center of the village
(b) A wind storm, an earthquake, or tidal wave will destroy the village
(c) She and her family will have to leave the village
(d) She alone will have to leave the village

11. Who vainly packs earrings and blue clay into the luggage?
(a) The Girl with the Long Black Hair
(b) Karana
(c) Ulape
(d) Matasaip

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

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

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

15. How do villagers feel about leaving the Island of the Blue Dolphin?
(a) Regretful that Kimka is dead
(b) Fearful about the destination, nonetheless happy
(c) Thankful for not starving on the island
(d) They trust their tribesman Nanko.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the major topic of discussion about leaving Ghalas-at?

2. What does the young male do that starts a fight?

3. What is the captain's name from the Aleutian ship?

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

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

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