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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do gulls make their nests?
(a) High in the tops of trees Leaves, grass, and vines
(b) In the reeds by the shore
(c) High on cliffs, in hollow places in the rocks
(d) On small islands

2. What does Karana do when she sees Tutok turning away and leaving through the brush?
(a) Karana smiles, glad that Tutok is leaving.
(b) Karana throws a spear at Tutok.
(c) Karana jumps to her feet, runs down the ravine, and calls Tutok's name.
(d) Karana quietly hides in the bushes.

3. Without chores to be done in early summer, what do Karana and Rontu do?
(a) Swim in Coral Cove
(b) Lay on the sunny beach
(c) Go on canoe trips
(d) Take walks to Tall Rock

4. What does Karana do with the wounded sea otters that the Aleut hunters leave behind?
(a) She tries to push them back into the water.
(b) She leaves them to die on the shore.
(c) She kills them and uses them for food.
(d) She kills them with her spear, so they won't suffer.

5. What does Karana see as she gathers supplies to repair her canoe?
(a) The wild dogs circling her home
(b) Three blue dolphins jumping out of the water
(c) A devil fish
(d) The sail of a ship

6. What does Rontu do when Karana asks him to bark at the sea gulls?
(a) He gets up and barks feebly.
(b) He looks up and barks for her a final time.
(c) He walks over to her, lies down at her feet, and dies.
(d) He jumps up like he used to do, and barks.

7. Why can't Karana go out of home during the winter?
(a) It is a winter of strong winds, rain, and wild seas.
(b) She is afraid to venture outside without Rontu.
(c) She is too depressed to go out after Rontu's death.
(d) The wild dogs keep trying to attack her when she leaves the house.

8. What do Karana and Tutok do when they finally meet?
(a) They argue over the black, stone necklace.
(b) Tutok tries to take Rontu with her.
(c) Karana tells Tutok to stay away from her home.
(d) They trade words with each other, teaching their language.

9. What is the sound the unknown birds are making that Karana likes?
(a) Screaming
(b) Reep reep
(c) Cooing
(d) Tweeting

10. What does the name Rontu mean in English?
(a) Leader
(b) Fox Eyes
(c) Big Dog
(d) Killer

11. Why does Karana deny living in the cave when the Aleut girl asks her?
(a) Karana does not trust the girl.
(b) Karana doesn't want the girl visiting.
(c) Karana doesn't like the girl.
(d) Karana fears for her life.

12. Why does Karana change Mon-a-nee's name?
(a) She decides to give the otter a more masculine name.
(b) She thinks of a name that she likes better.
(c) She discovers that the sea otter is really a girl and names her Won-a-nee.
(d) She gets tired of the old name.

13. What does Karana make with yucca twine?
(a) A new skirt
(b) A rope
(c) A wind curtain for the cave entrance
(d) A small fishing net

14. Spring time on The Island of the Blue Dolphins brought lots of these?
(a) Flowers
(b) Sea elephants
(c) Gray mice
(d) Dolphins

15. What does Karana do to pass the time during the winter that the Aleuts are on the island?
(a) She makes string for her fishing spear, hooks of abalone shell and earrings.
(b) She dries smelts and shellfish.
(c) She talks to Rontu and makes arrows.
(d) She makes a robe of feathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Karana able to keep the two birds close by as friends?

2. Who is in the ship sailing to the island from the north?

3. How does Karana know Spring has come?

4. What is Rontu rushing forward to attack?

5. Why does Karana make four snares during her time inside in the winter?

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