Island of the Blue Dolphins Chapters 1-5 Vocabulary Quiz

After many of the hunters were wounded, the rest __________ back to the ship.

• surged
• skimmed
• retreated
• pelted

Karana and Ramo gathered __________, a type of shellfish for the village.

• abalones
• cormorants
• pelts
• bales

The story takes place on an island about twenty __________ away from California.

• pelts
• leagues
• bales
• kelps

Karana was sent to the __________ to retrieve water.

• mesa
• kelp
• ravine
• league

The hunters were anxious to unload the ship because the storm caused the water to ________ against the rocks.

• skimmed
• surged
• pelted
• retreated

The women hid on top of the _________ to watch Chowig and Orlov make a verbal agreement.

• cormorant
• bale
• carcass
• mesa

Captain Orlov wanted to hunt sea otters so that he could sell their __________.

• carcasses
• cormorants
• pelts
• kelps

The sea otters would hide behind the ______ bed to avoid being hunted.

• ravine
• mesa
• league
• kelp

The hunters were _________ the ocean with their spears for the sea otters.

• skimming
• watching
• eyeing
• ravening 

The beach was strewn with _________ from the otter that was killed. 

• abalones
• cormorants
• carcasses
• kelp