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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 making the loud, thunderous noise on the hot day when Karana paddles her canoe around the reef?
(a) Thunder and lightning
(b) Cannon fire
(c) A tidal wave
(d) The earthquake

2. What does Karana do after the first tidal wave strikes?
(a) She drags herself up the face of the cliff.
(b) She climbs on of the few trees on the island.
(c) She crawls into a cave in the side of the cliff.
(d) She runs in terror along the shore.

3. What does Karana find when she goes to the tide pool to see Mon-a-nee after three days?
(a) Mon-a-nee is dead.
(b) The tide pool is deserted and Mon-a-nee is gone.
(c) The tide pool is dried up and Mon-a-tee is sick.
(d) Mon-a-nee is weak with hunger.

4. Where does Karana bury Rontu?
(a) On the beach
(b) On the headland
(c) In his old lair
(d) Atop the cliff

5. What does Karana see in Black Cave?
(a) Skeleton of a sea elephant
(b) Skeletons of sea otters
(c) Skeletons of wild dogs
(d) A seated human skeleton

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is one of the birds named Tainor?

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

3. What does the big gray dog do when Karana finds him at the rocks after 2 days?

4. Why does Karana deny living in the cave when the Aleut girl asks her?

5. After fishing, as Karana climbs the cliff what does she hear?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the gulls open the scallops shells to eat the meat inside?

2. What is Karana worried about when she takes her new spear to go and hunt devilfish?

3. Other than training the birds, how does Karana pass the time throughout the spring?

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

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

6. Summarize Karana's feelings toward the animals on the island

7. What happens after Karana spears the giant devilfish?

8. Where does Karana make a grave for Rontu and what does she place on it?

9. What method does Karana use to get the wild dogs out of their lair so she can kill them? How effective is it?

10. What does Karana do after the Aleut girl finds her and Rontu at the cave?

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