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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Karana need to hunt wild dogs?
(a) Decaying bird flesh
(b) Several snares
(c) Poison sticks
(d) Larger bow and sharper arrows

4. Who greets the large Russian man after he says that he comes in peace?
(a) Chief Chowig
(b) Ghalas-at
(c) Roma
(d) Won-a-pa-lei

5. What is the captain's name from the Aleutian ship?
(a) Captain Aleut
(b) Captain Orlov
(c) Captain Mitriff
(d) Captain Ghalas

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the beach when Karana returns?

2. Why did the Russians come to Coral Cove?

3. Why have white men come to the Island of the Blue Dolphins?

4. Who does Karana vow to kill as she sits awake all night?

5. What does Chief Chowig tell the two Aleuts who ask for bass?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the tribe recovers the school of white bass that are stranded on the rocky ledge, two of the Aleuts come to ask for some. What does Chief Chowig tell them?

2. What is the emotional state of the villagers after losing so many men in the battle with the Aleuts?

3. Does Chief Chowig accept the black chest of beads as full payment from Captain Orlov and the Aleuts? Explain.

4. How do the men of Ghalas-at village react when the Aleut ship sails into Coral Cove?

5. Ramo decides to go to where the canoes are hidden and bring one back to Coral Cove, so he and Karana can fish and look around the island. What happens when he goes on this mission?

6. Explain why the ship won't turn back toward the island so that Ramo can come on board?

7. What does Karana do after she discovers Roma's lifeless body?

8. Why isn't the autumn and winter peaceful in Ghalas-at, even though there is plenty of food for everyone?

9. Explain the image Karana uses to describe Roma's eyes.

10. After Karana finishes building her home, she decides it is time to kill the wild dogs on the island. What does she need to do the job?

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