Island of the Blue Dolphins Chapter 1-3

Who is the narrator of the story?

• Scott O'Dell

• an outside voice that is not a character in the book

• a man from Karana's tribe

• Karana

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Who is Chief Chowig?

• Karana's brother

• Karana's father

• the leader of the Aleut hunters

• the interpreter who translates between two languages

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CCSS.W.4.9B

How did the island get its name?

• It looks like the shape of a dolphin lying on its side.

• The dolphins that swim around the island are bright blue.

• The tribe believes its ancestors were dolphins.

• Dolphins come to the island every year to give birth to their babies.

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What is the best description of daily conditions on the island?

• very cold

• windy

• hot and dry

• rainy and wet

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Karana's brother, Ramo, was...

• very helpful with gathering roots.

• older and wiser than she was.

• small, imaginative, and sometimes foolish.

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CCSS.W.4.9B

Why did Chief Chowig not trust Captain Orlov?

• He feared all strangers.

• He remembered another time when Aleuts came to hunt.

• Captain Orlov and his men treat the members of the tribe poorly.

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CCSS.W.4.9B

Which is an example of a simile from the text?

• Suddenly his mouth opened wide and then closed again.

• He was small for one who had lived so many suns and moons, but quick as a cricket.

• “The sea which surrounds the Island of the Blue Dolphins belongs to us.”

• I could not see his face, but I doubted he smiled in return.

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Which is an example of a metaphor from the text

• Every hour someone brought news.

• In the morning, the beach would be strewn with carcasses, and the waves red with blood.

• There are not trees on the island except the small ones stunted by wind.

• “The sea is a flat stone without any scratches.”

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Why did the Aleuts come to Ghalas-at?

• to find fish to eat

• to fix their ship

• to hunt otter

• because they were lost

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What agreement did Chief Chowig reach with the Aleut captain?

• The tribe would share their fish with the Aleuts.

• The Aleuts would help the tribe build better boats.

• He would marry the chief’s daughter.

• The Aleuts would pay the tribe in goods for the otter they hunted, and each would get equal parts.

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