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

2. Why does each person of Ghalas-at have two names?
(a) The real name is secret so it doesn't lose its magic, and the other is the common name.
(b) The real name is only for family and the other for everyone else.
(c) One name is for visitors and the other for tribe use.
(d) One name is a birth name and never used. The other is a magic name.

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

4. What is the first thing Karana does after returning from her failed mission?
(a) Kills a wild dog on the beach
(b) Fixes a leak on the canoe
(c) Builds a fire on the sandy beach
(d) Sleeps, exhausted on the sand of Coral Cove

5. What is slowing the construction of the house?
(a) Scarcity of useful wood
(b) Need to keep watch for ships
(c) Constant need to hunt for food
(d) Wild dogs

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karana do in the cave?

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

3. Where does a white puff of smoke come from?

4. What are the beds of kelp close to the shore used for?

5. What does the young male do that starts a fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What events take place after Chief Chowig demands the rest of the chests be brought to shore before the otter pelts are loaded onto the ship?

2. Why didn't Karana want to return to the Island of the Blue Dolphins after her canoe starts to leak?

3. How many men come in the Aleut ship under the command of Captain Orlov. What do they want from the people of Ghalas-at village?

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

5. 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?

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

7. Karana moves her home to a high rock ledge, but the wild dogs continue to circle below. She decides to go against the tribe's taboo about women making weapons. What does she fear will happen if she makes the weapons?

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

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

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

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