2. Where do Karana and Rontu-Aru go during the earthquake?
(a) They get into the canoe and paddle away from land.
(b) They crawl into their headland home.
(c) They lay on the ground next to each other.
(d) They go to the Black Cave.

3. What is Rontu doing on days Karana works on the canoe?
(a) Chasing pelicans on the beach
(b) Watching Karana from the cliff
(c) Running with the dog pack
(d) Sleeping back at the house

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

5. What is Rontu rushing forward to attack?
(a) An angry sea elephant
(b) A giant devilfish
(c) The beached blue dolphin
(d) A wounded sea otter

6. After fishing, as Karana climbs the cliff what does she hear?
(a) Dogs fighting
(b) Thousands of gulls passing overhead
(c) The Aleuts down on the beach
(d) Nothing, an eerie complete silence

7. What does the otter's name, Mon-a-nee mean?
(a) Glossy Nose
(b) Little Boy with Long Whiskers
(c) Little Boy with Large Eyes
(d) Long Whiskers

8. Where is Karana going to spend the night after the reef incident?
(a) In a cave above the reef
(b) In the ravine by the spring water
(c) Her canoe
(d) Her house

9. What does Karana see in the early morning light at the Aleut camp?
(a) Her canoe afloat in the cove
(b) A girl cooking on the beach
(c) A war party assembling on the beach
(d) Fire on the kelp beds

10. When Karana reaches the meadow, what does she see standing on the mound?
(a) Hundreds of gulls
(b) Rontu
(c) A pack of dogs
(d) Aleuts

11. Why does Karana attempt to catch a devilfish?
(a) They eat huge quantities of the fish she needs for food.
(b) There are many uses for the tough skin
(c) These are too dangerous to humans swimming close to the beach.
(d) The flesh is white, tender, and very sweet.

12. What do the men from the ship find when they come ashore?
(a) Rontu-Aru and the caged birds
(b) Karana's headland home
(c) Karana's fire and canoe
(d) Karana's black stone necklace

13. Where does Karana bury Rontu?
(a) Atop the cliff
(b) In his old lair
(c) On the beach
(d) On the headland

14. What does Karana store in a place below the headland in case the Aleuts returned?
(a) A spear, bow quiver of arrows and dried shellfish
(b) Animal skins, clothing, necklaces
(c) Extra clothing, the black stone necklace, and the caged birds
(d) Two canoes, snares, colored stones, skins

15. Who walks into Karana's camp as she is holding up the skirt she just made?
(a) A wild dog
(b) An Aleut hunter
(c) An Aleut girl
(d) The Aleut captain