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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 with the wounded sea otters that the Aleut hunters leave behind?
(a) She kills them and uses them for food.
(b) She leaves them to die on the shore.
(c) She tries to push them back into the water.
(d) She kills them with her spear, so they won't suffer.

2. After fishing, as Karana climbs the cliff what does she hear?
(a) Dogs fighting
(b) Thousands of gulls passing overhead
(c) The Aleuts down on the beach
(d) Nothing, an eerie complete silence

3. What does the big gray dog do when Karana finds him at the rocks after 2 days?
(a) Lays motionless
(b) Charges at Karana
(c) Howls in pain
(d) Tries to run off to the brush

4. Why does Karana not use her arrows to help Rontu in the meadow?
(a) Rontu has the advantage, to disrupt would only mean another fight later.
(b) She has lost all but two.
(c) The gulls will swarm and kill her.
(d) The Aleuts are out of range.

5. What is a stronger feeling to Karana than the happy times on the island?
(a) The wish to keep the sea otters safe from the men on the ship
(b) The wish to remain with Rontu-Aru and her animal friends
(c) The wish to stay where her brother and father are buried
(d) A wish to be with people, hearing their voices and laughter

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karana do on sunny days after the Aleuts leave?

2. What is the weather like after the fierce storms of winter?

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

4. What does Karana think the world would be like without animals?

5. How do sea otters teach their babies to swim?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

6. What happens after Karana spears the giant devilfish?

7. 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?

8. Explain what happens when Rontu fights the two wild dogs on the sea cliff.

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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