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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. How long does the earthquake last?
2. Where is Karana going to spend the night after the reef incident?
3. Why doesn't Karana move to the other end of the island while the Aleuts are hunting?
4. As Karana looks down at the empty harbor, what is she thinking?
5. Why can't Karana go out of home during the winter?
Short Essay Questions
1. Summarize Karana's feelings toward the animals on the island
2. Other than training the birds, how does Karana pass the time throughout the spring?
3. What happens after Karana spears the giant devilfish?
4. Karana survives the tidal waves and returns to the headland. What happens when Rontu-Aru greets her?
5. What does Karana do after the Aleut girl finds her and Rontu at the cave?
6. Karana watches for Tutok from a brushy ledge the morning after finding the necklace. What does Karana do when Tutok arrives, then turns to leave when she sees that Karana has not taken the necklace?
7. What does Karana see while she is out looking for supplies to fix her canoe, and what is her reaction?
8. What does Karana do with the young, wounded otter she finds after the Aleutian ship departs?
9. What is Karana worried about when she takes her new spear to go and hunt devilfish?
10. Compare Rontu with his son, Rontu-Aru.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
1) The Island of the Blue Dolphins is a fitting setting for the theme of courage and survival.
2) Describe the function of the island as a means of revealing this theme.
3) Cite at least three examples of how the setting intensifies Karana's journey of survival and courage.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
1) Summarize the survival skills Karana develops.
2) Include her methods of constructing and building her shelters.
3) How does she find and prepare food?
4) How does she tame animals?
5) What are her fishing methods?
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