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

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

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

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

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