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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. Where does Karana store the canoe for the winter?
(a) High on the cliffs
(b) At her house
(c) In a cave
(d) On the beach at Coral Cove

2. Why does Karana make four snares during her time inside in the winter?
(a) She wants to capture a little red fox.
(b) She hopes to snare more birds.
(c) She hopes to snare a sea otter.
(d) She hopes to capture the son of Rontu.

3. What does Karana place in Rontu's grave?
(a) She buries him with his favorite bone.
(b) She buries him with dried abalone, and wild berries.
(c) She buries him with sand flowers and his favorite stick.
(d) She buries him with her black, stone necklace.

4. What does Karana tell Tutok that proves she trusts the Aleut girl?
(a) Where Rontu sleeps
(b) Where she stores her food and weapons
(c) Where her headland home is located
(d) Her secret name

5. What is Karana making for Rontu?
(a) A neck wreath
(b) Foot pads for walking on the hot sand
(c) A larger food bowl
(d) A mat for sleeping

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karana make for Tutok as a gift?

2. Why does Karana decide she needs a new canoe?

3. What does Rontu do when Karana asks him to bark at the sea gulls?

4. Who walks into Karana's camp as she is holding up the skirt she just made?

5. Where did the large dog leader of the pack come from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In case the Aleuts returned to the island, Karana repairs the canoe for a fast escape. What alterations does she make to the canoe to make it more manageable for her size?

5. What does Karana do with the young, wounded otter she finds after the Aleutian ship departs?

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

7. Summarize the method Karana uses to tame the two young birds, nesting in a tree above her house.

8. Karana makes several trips to her cave during the day to move all her belongings. On the final trip, she has a feeling someone has been there. What happens?

9. What does Karana see while she is out looking for supplies to fix her canoe, and what is her reaction?

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

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