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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) On the beach at Coral Cove
(c) In a cave
(d) At her house

2. Why does Karana deny living in the cave when the Aleut girl asks her?
(a) Karana doesn't want the girl visiting.
(b) Karana doesn't like the girl.
(c) Karana fears for her life.
(d) Karana does not trust the girl.

3. What does the pack leader do when he exits the cave?
(a) Runs off by himself
(b) Runs back in to the cave
(c) Stares menacingly at Karana
(d) Runs to the head of the pack

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name Rontu mean in English?

2. What does Karana tell Tutok that proves she trusts the Aleut girl?

3. When Karana reaches the meadow, what does she see standing on the mound?

4. Which one of the Aleuts is Karana afraid will find her?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. Explain why Karana considers her yard a happy place?

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

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

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

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

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

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