Island of the Blue Dolphins Chapters 16-20

What did Karana watch for after the White Men's ship did not return?

• The red ship of the Aleuts

• The red ship of the White men

• The white ship of White men

• The white ship of the Aleuts

In Chapter 16, what did Karana spend her summer doing?

• Playing with Rontu

• Hunting the Devilfish

• Working on her canoe

• Rebuilding her house

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

In the text, it states "Because of this I was not lonely. I did not know how lonely I had been until..." What event made her realize how lonely she had become?

• Finding the skeleton

• Finding the small canoe

• Talking to Rontu

• Talking to the birds

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Karana stated, "I thought of the god Tumaiyowit who had become angry at Mukat and gone down, down into another world, and I wondered if it were not to such a place as this that he had gone." What place made her think this?

• the sandspit

• the reefs by the tide pools

• the remains of her village

• a sea cave near the headland

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

Which animal was described as having a small head with eyes that bulge and many arms?

• Cormorants

• Sea gulls

• Devilfish

• Seals

How did Karana describe the best food in the seas?

• white flesh, tender and very sweet

• dark flesh, and very salty

• white flesh and very salty

• dark flesh, tender and very sweet

Why did she take the canoe to Coral Cove and pull it onto the beach?

• She needed to hide it from the Aleuts

• She needed to make repairs on it

• She wanted to hunt for Devilfish

• She wanted to protect it from the Winter storms

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What activity did Karana perform most days while waiting out the storms and winds of the island?

• She made many skirts

• She made a spear for hunting

• She looked for the Aleuts

• She played with Rontu

What was called gnapan?

• seashells

• cooked roots

• shrub bushes

• thick-leaved plant

"It was the sound of many things that I did not understand." What sound was Karana hearing?

• the cry of the sea gulls as they ate

• the clatter of sea shells on the mound

• the long howl of Rontu after the fight

• the sound of the wind as the winter storms approached