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

2. What is the reason for a fence at the new house?
(a) Keep out wild dogs.
(b) A windbreak during high wind storms
(c) Deter the red foxes that steal
(d) Karana has always wanted a fence.

3. Why does the night watchman sound the alarm in the village?
(a) He sees by the dawning light what he thinks is an Aleut ship.
(b) There are men and a cook fire on the beach.
(c) Wild dogs are ravaging the scarce food supply.
(d) Chief Kimka is paddling toward the Island of the Blue Dolphins.

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

5. What is a reason Karana delays her shot at the sea elephant?
(a) The cows sound an alarm from the water.
(b) She does not know where to put the first arrow.
(c) Two bulls are rushing toward her.
(d) The cows are obstructing her shot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a sai-sai?

2. Which utensil Karana is making?

3. What is the first thing Karana does after returning from her failed mission?

4. What is swimming ahead of the canoe?

5. Why is Karana leaving the raging battle of sea elephants?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Karana angry with the Aleuts for hunting the sea otters?

2. How do the sea elephants help Karana decide where to build her new home?

3. How does Karana get sea elephant teeth for her spear points?

4. When Karana goes to the spring to gather more water in her baskets, she seeks refuge from the wild dogs in a cave. She plans to turn the cave into another house. What does she do to the cave to make it habitable?

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

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

7. Karana cannot sleep the night before she decides to hunt sea elephants. What does she think about as she lies awake during the night?

8. When there were people in Ghalas-at, Karana would be up before sunrise and busy with many things. What does she do now that she is the only person on the island?

9. How does Karana build a fence to protect her from the wild dogs?

10. Who is aboard the ship that arrives at Ghalas-at island? What do they want with the villagers?

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