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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which utensil Karana is making?
(a) A wooden spoon
(b) A stone cooking pan
(c) Tongs for cooking on the open fire
(d) A kelp screen for a strainer

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

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

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

6. What do the crew members of the ship do after it lands in Coral Cove?
(a) They attack the Ghalas-at village.
(b) Six men row to shore and one of them jumps out shouting.
(c) They bring gifts and trinkets to the people of the village.
(d) They offer strange foods to the village people.

7. What injury does Karana incur as she trips to avoid the old bull on the slope?
(a) Her leg is injured.
(b) She gets a nosebleed.
(c) Her left eye is injured.
(d) Her elbow is injured.

8. What is the reason Karana believes her father is defeated by Captain Orlov.
(a) He is weakened because he tells his secret name to Captain Orlov.
(b) He accepts one chest as payment.
(c) He trusts Captain Orlov and allows the lead hunter to pass by him.
(d) He asks Captain Orlov for help carrying the black chest up the cliff.

9. As a storm rages for six days, what is Karana doing?
(a) Killing three wild dogs
(b) Visiting others in Ghalas-at
(c) Nothing
(d) Making almost 100 spearheads

10. What was the problem the tribe encountered when Captain Mitriff came to the village to hunt years before?
(a) He had the men of the village do all the hunting from one moon to the next without stopping.
(b) He enslaved the villagers and forced them to hunt for a year's time.
(c) He and his men did all the hunting and did not give the tribe any of the catch.
(d) He beat the men of the village, forcing them to wait on him and all the crew members.

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

12. Why did Ramo want to go back to Ghalas-at?
(a) He is afraid.
(b) To get his fishing spear
(c) Because Kimka tells him to get more fresh water for the voyage
(d) Because Karana tells him to get valuable seal skins to sell later.

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

14. What does Karana do in the cave?
(a) Sharpens the weapons
(b) Fills the second opening with many stones
(c) Waits for the storms to end
(d) Makes it into a new home

15. What is Karana able to get from the sea elephant carcass?
(a) Teeth
(b) Whiskers
(c) Strong hide
(d) Cooking oil

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Russians come to Coral Cove?

2. Why does Karana need to leave the shelter after five days?

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

4. Who jumps overboard from the ship?

5. Even the smallest stored canoe is too heavy to lift, so what is Karana's solution?

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