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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is a sai-sai?
2. What is a law in Ghalas-at?
3. Even the smallest stored canoe is too heavy to lift, so what is Karana's solution?
4. What does Karana compare the Aleut ship to as it comes nearer to the island?
5. Why doesn't Karana go to the cliff to watch and count the catch each day?
Short Essay Questions
1. Karana leaves the island in one of the hidden canoes. She is forced to turn back to the island after the canoe starts to leak badly. On the way back, she has two good fortunes. Describe what these good fortunes are.
2. Why is Karana angry with the Aleuts for hunting the sea otters?
3. How does Karana get sea elephant teeth for her spear points?
4. After Karana finishes building her home, she decides it is time to kill the wild dogs on the island. What does she need to do the job?
5. Summarize the description Karana gives of the Island of the Blue Dolphins?
6. Does Chief Chowig accept the black chest of beads as full payment from Captain Orlov and the Aleuts? Explain.
7. What does Karana do after she discovers Roma's lifeless body?
8. Explain the image Karana uses to describe Roma's eyes.
9. Overcome with fear that her brother will be abandoned on the island, what does Karana do? What is the outcome?
10. When there were people in Ghalas-at, Karana would be up before sunrise and busy with many things. What does she do now that she is the only person on the island?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1) Compare the theme of survival and maturity in Island of the Blue Dolphins to similar events in real life.
2) What insights does the story give to current day situations of an adolescent in today's world?
3) Why would teenagers today relate or not relate to this story?
Essay Topic 2
1) Explain the belief by the tribe of Ghalas-at with regard to women hunting.
2) How does this belief affect Karana when she is stranded on the island?
3) What are her feelings toward the belief?
4) In what way is Karana justified in her reaction to the Ghalas-at belief?
Essay Topic 3
1) What is the message O'Dell is trying to convey in the novel?
2) Does he depict a realistic and relevant view of human nature through Karana's character?
3) Are the human qualities of the character too sentimental, cynical, or unwilling to change? Explain.
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