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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 is Karana's decision about her future?
(a) To leave the village and live on a sheltered, flat rock
(b) She will be a spearhead-maker for the village
(c) To become the first woman leader of Ghalas-at
(d) Decides to have many children to increase the Ghalas-at population

2. What do the crew members of the ship do after it lands in Coral Cove?
(a) They bring gifts and trinkets to the people of the village.
(b) They attack the Ghalas-at village.
(c) They offer strange foods to the village people.
(d) Six men row to shore and one of them jumps out shouting.

3. What does Karana do in the cave?
(a) Makes it into a new home
(b) Sharpens the weapons
(c) Fills the second opening with many stones
(d) Waits for the storms to end

4. How do the sea otters affect humans?
(a) They are valuable to the Aleuts because of their thick, beautiful pelts.
(b) They are a nuisance to successful fishing close to shore.
(c) They are valuable to the Aleuts as a source for lamp oil.
(d) They are valuable as a food source.

5. Why are the male sea elephants sitting separate from each other?
(a) To encourage the female to mate
(b) They need plenty of space to sleep in the sunshine
(c) To protect the herd community from every direction
(d) They are bad-tempered, jealous, and quick to fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Captain Orlov's reaction to Chief Chowig's refusal of one chest as payment?

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

3. Why did the Russians come to Coral Cove?

4. How do the villagers know the Aleut ship is preparing to leave?

5. What is the first deal that Captain Orlov offers Chief Chowig with regard to the hunting catch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Karana describe the Aleutian ship as it nears the island?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. 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?

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