Island of the Blue Dolphins: Chapters 11-15

How did Karana feel after she returned to the island?

• disappointed that she had to return
• Was super happy and comfortable being back at her island
• disappointed but determined to fix the canoe and return the country to the east
•  she didn't really care one way or the other

The site for Karana's new home was chosen because... 

• she could be close to the sea elephants.
• the headlands did not have high enough rocks around.
• the wild dog's lair was a great distance away from her new home.
• both A and C.

What did Karana need to make a fence which would surround her house?

• lots of brush from the trees.
• ribs from Whales.
• poles from trees that are made of wood.
• a hammer and nails.

Karana made a good spear by...

• Having bones from different whales.
• using bull sea elephant tusk like teeth.
• Asking the Aleunts for their spearheads.
• doing a dance before she started.

One thing Karana noticed when she was watching the bull sea elephants was that they

• were very bad-tempered and sat alone.
• would only play with each other.
• ate all day long.
• cows and babies were the ones to play freely with them.

The younger bull sea elephant was attacked by the older bull because... 

• the old bull was picked on first by the younger bull.
• he was hungry.
• the younger bull was bothering the cows in the old bull's herd.
• sea elephants like to fight each other all the time.

Karana had to crawl out of her house after she was injured because....

• she was thirsty and did not have water.
• she was to tired to walk.
• there was no more food.
• she was uneasy being inside for so long.

After Karana became injured how did she  escape the dogs that were encircling her?

• She hid in a cave
• Started to shoot the dogs with her bow and arrows
• ran as fast as she could to her home
• screamed at them

Karana tried to coax the dogs out of their lair by

• Leaving food outside their lair
• Calling for them
•  smoking them out by starting a fire at the cave's entrance
•  flooding them out by throwing lots of water in the cave

Karana was looking for the injured leader of the wild dogs.  When she finally found him after days of rain, she....

• killed him by shooting an arrow into him
• did nothing because he was already dead
• picked him up and put him back in the cave
• took pity on him and brought him home and nursed him back to health