"Island of the Blue Dolphins" Chs. 11-15 Test

When Karana returned from her attempted voyage to the country to the east, she felt...

• determined to fix her canoe and try the voyage again.
• unhappy to be returning to the island.
• filled with happiness.

The main reason that Karana chose the site for her new home was that it...

• was located far away from the wild dogs' lair.
• was a place near the sea elephants.
• had higher rocks than those on the headland.

To make the fence which would surround her house, Karana used...

• wooden poles from trees.
• piled up brush.
• whale ribs.

In order to make a good spear, Karana needed...

• the tusk like teeth of a bull sea elephant.
• the bone from a whale.
• spearheads from the Aleuts.

When Karana observed the bull sea elephants, she noticed that they...

• played freely with the cows and babies.
• only played with other bull sea elephants.
• sat alone because they were bad-tempered.

The old bull sea elephant attacked the younger one because...

• he liked to fight other bull sea elephants.
• the younger bull was going after the cow in the old bull's herd.
• the younger bull had attacked him first. 

When Karana was injured, she finally had to crawl out of her house because she ...

• had run out of food.
• had run out of water.
• was getting restless being cooped up.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

When the old dogs split up to encircle the injured Karana, she...

• took refuge in a cave.
• began shooting the dogs with her bows and arrows.
• ran for home.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

To coax the dogs from their lair, Karana...

• left out bowls of red meat.
• set fire to some brush at the front of the cave's entrance.
• called to them.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

When Karana finally found the leader of the wild dogs she...

• shot arrows into his body.
• gave him some water.
• took him home and nursed him.