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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 do when she no longer hears the man from the ship calling to her?
(a) She laughs because she wanted the man to leave.
(b) She lights a signal fire.
(c) She pounds her fists on the ground and cries.
(d) She begins to run toward where the man had been, shouting to him.

2. Where do Karana and Rontu-Aru go during the earthquake?
(a) They crawl into their headland home.
(b) They go to the Black Cave.
(c) They get into the canoe and paddle away from land.
(d) They lay on the ground next to each other.

3. How do sea otters teach their babies to swim?
(a) The mother lets them hold onto her flippers until they learn to swim.
(b) The mother carries them into the water and swims back to shore.
(c) The mother pushes them into the sea, hoping they will swim.
(d) The mother brushes the babies away with her flippers, swimming around them until the babies follow.

4. Where does Rontu go on the day he dies?
(a) He goes to the top of the cliff and looks out at the sea.
(b) He goes to the beach and lies on the sand, letting the water wash over him.
(c) He returns to the lair where he once lived with the wild dogs and lays in the back of the cave.
(d) He goes to the back of Karana's house and lies on her robes.

5. How is Karana able to keep the two birds close by as friends?
(a) Always kept caged
(b) Clips the wings
(c) Always kept in the cave
(d) Tethered by kelp string

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Karana catch Rontu's son?

2. Why does Karana name the yellow, wild dog Rontu-Aru?

3. What does Karana do with the yellow, wild dog after she catches him?

4. What does Karana see the gulls dropping on the rocks?

5. As Karana watches Rontu from a short distance, what is she seeing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare Rontu with his son, Rontu-Aru.

2. How does Karana feel now that Tutok has gone away?

3. What does Karana discover in Black Cave on the southern coast of the island that frightens her?

4. What does Karana do after she tracks the injured pack leader, finding him immobile on the ground?

5. How does Karana catch the wild dog she believes to be Rontu's son?

6. Karana survives the tidal waves and returns to the headland. What happens when Rontu-Aru greets her?

7. What does Karana do when she finds Rontu lying in the back of the lair in which he once lived?

8. What does Karana lose in the damage of the tidal waves?

9. After two summers alone on the island, Karana sees the Aleut ship heading toward the island. How does she prepare for her move to the hidden cave she had set up in case the Aleuts returned?

10. What happens to Karena on the very hot day after the winter storms when she takes the canoe to paddle around the reef?

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