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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Karana using to make a fence?
(a) Whale bones
(b) Driftwood
(c) Stones
(d) Kelp

3. Why are the villagers calmed after the alarm?
(a) The wild dogs are finally driven off.
(b) The young warrior chief Kimka does not come onto the island.
(c) The ship has white sails rather than the red of the Aleuts.
(d) A huge warship bypasses the Island of the Blue Dolphins.

4. What is Karana's decision about her future?
(a) To become the first woman leader of Ghalas-at
(b) To leave the village and live on a sheltered, flat rock
(c) She will be a spearhead-maker for the village
(d) Decides to have many children to increase the Ghalas-at population

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

6. Why did the Russians come to Coral Cove?
(a) They came to hunt sea otter and camp on the island.
(b) They came to take slaves back to their homeland.
(c) They came to settle in the village.
(d) They came to take over the village and its resources.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What helps Karana decide between the two possible sites for a new house?
(a) The wind direction
(b) The view of Coral Cove
(c) The availability of fresh water
(d) The sea elephants

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karana see in the cave?

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

3. Who does Nanko think runs ahead of the group and boards the ship?

4. Why do Captain Orlov and his Aleut hunters camp on the high ground of the island?

5. What is the first deal that Captain Orlov offers Chief Chowig with regard to the hunting catch?

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