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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 does Karana see in the cave?
(a) Bones of previous inhabitants
(b) Weapons from long ago
(c) Markings of a huge fire long ago
(d) Stone cuts of animals carved on the walls

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

3. What is the major topic of discussion about leaving Ghalas-at?
(a) Chief Chowig says the water at Ghalas-at has become polluted.
(b) The new skin canoes are less sea worthy than the old ones.
(c) Santa Catalina Island is far off and has very little water.
(d) The tuna and abalone stock is becoming depleted.

4. How do the constant winds affect the land?
(a) They bring dolphins closer in to the beach.
(b) They prevent the construction of any permanent shelters.
(c) They cause the hills to be polished smooth and the trees to be small and twisted
(d) They make movement about the island quite difficult.

5. What helps Karana decide between the two possible sites for a new house?
(a) The wind direction
(b) The view of Coral Cove
(c) The availability of fresh water
(d) The sea elephants

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Karana following across the small hills and a valley, club in hand?

3. Why is a new house necessary?

4. Why does the night watchman sound the alarm in the village?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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. 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?

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

6. How do the people of the Ghalas-at village know when the Aleutians are planning to leave the island?

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

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

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

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

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