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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. How does Karana plan to use the rock ledge in the newly-discovered cave?
(a) Store and conceal the canoe
(b) Store food and water
(c) Sleeping area
(d) Lie in ambush of the wild dogs

2. What does Karana see as she gathers supplies to repair her canoe?
(a) Three blue dolphins jumping out of the water
(b) A devil fish
(c) The sail of a ship
(d) The wild dogs circling her home

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

4. What does Karana do when she sees Tutok turning away and leaving through the brush?
(a) Karana throws a spear at Tutok.
(b) Karana jumps to her feet, runs down the ravine, and calls Tutok's name.
(c) Karana quietly hides in the bushes.
(d) Karana smiles, glad that Tutok is leaving.

5. What does Karana do to pass the time in the cave while she and Rontu are hiding from the Aleuts?
(a) She sleeps and cries.
(b) She plays with Rontu.
(c) She makes a skirt from cormorant feathers.
(d) She makes extra weapons.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Although this is a happy time for Karana, what does she think about?

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

4. What does Karana do after the first tidal wave strikes?

5. What is the sound the unknown birds are making that Karana likes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Karana and Tutok spend their time together?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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. What is the great discovery that Karana and Rontu make as they travel around the island in the canoe?

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

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

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