Island of the Blue Dolphins

Captain Orlov told Karana's father that his men wished to______________________________.

• trade with the islanders for abalone and bird eggs

• camp on the island while they hunted for sea otter

• build a fort on the island so other ships could visit

• explore the island for copper and other valuable metals

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Captain Orlov told Karana's father that his men wished to _____________________________.

• explore the island for copper and other valuable metals

• trade with the islanders for abalone and bird eggs

• camp on the island while they hunted for sea otter

• build a fort on the island so other ships could visit

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Why did Karana jump from the ship that carried her tribe?

• She noticed that the blue dolphins were no longer following it.

• She saw her little brother running with his fishing spear along the cliff.

• She could not bear to leave the place where her father had died.

• She had forgotten the bead necklace that had belonged to her mother.

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As Karana considered making weapons, what did she recall her father saying?

• Seeds planted by a hand that had made weapons would never sprout.

• Someone stronger than her would take them and use them against her.

• She would never have a need for them because he would always protect her.

• They would break in her hands at the moment when her life was in danger.

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For what purpose was Karana determined to kill a bull sea elephant?

• to build a small, round boat using its hide

• to drive its noisy, hungry herd away from the island

• to use its teeth to make sharp spear points

• to avenge her brother's death

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CCSS.W.5.9A

When Karana saw that the big, gray dog she had shot was not dead, she __________________.

• looked at him for a long time and then carried him to her house

• tied him to a bush so the other dogs would attach him

• killed him with a thrust of the spear made with the sea elephant's tooth

• dropped her weapons in fear and spent the next three nights in a tree

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Karana made a special spear during the winter because she wanted to _________________

• defend herself from sharks on her long trip to the mainland

• be prepared in case the Aleuts returned

• kills the two dogs that had attacked Rontu

• catch the giant devilfish that lived on the reef

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CCSS.RL.5.2

What did Karana find in the Black Cave?

• the home of the poisonous spiders that her people had always feared

• a skeleton seated among strange figures made of reeds and wearing feathers

• rocks painted with pictures that showed the whole histry of her people

• bales of other pelts that had been hidden and abandoned by the Aleuts

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What did Karana and Tutok, the Aleut girl, do together?

• They gathered food that Tutok's people would need for their journey.

• They floated the heavy canoe that Karana had been unable to move on her own.

• They told each other the names of things in their own languages.

• They competed to see who was the better runner and swimmer.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.W.5.9B

Karana learned that the white men had not returned for her because ________________________.

• Kimki had told them that Karana had surely died during the winter.

• a war had broken our, and they all were needed to fight.

• they had not been satisfied with the reward the islanders offered.

• their ship had sunk in a storm, and there was no other ship.

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