Island of the Blue Dolphins

The poor puppy was ______ because he was wet, cold and frightened.

• clamor

• forbade

• quivering

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

I took a quiet moment to _________ before finally responding.

• wary

• ponder

• scarce

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Why does Karana jump off the white men's ship and swim back to the island?

• She doesn't want to leave her home

• She sees that her brother has been left behind

• She becomes angry with her sister

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Why does Karana hesitate to make weapons at first?

• She doesn't believe in violence against any animal

• She has never seen her father create weapons

• Her tribe believed that women shouldn't make weapons

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Choose the best word to describe Karana

• Determined

• Pitiful

• Popular

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CCSS.RL.5.2

Which of the following is not a result of most of the men in Karana's tribe getting killed?

• A new chief is elected

• The tribe does not have enough food

• Everyone gets assigned new jobs

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.1

Our neighbor raised his hand in a _______ of greeting as we drove by.

• shuddered

• gesture

• peered

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

The scientist ________ closely at the sample through her high-tech microscope.

• singed

• peered

• trotted

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RL.5.4

During what season does Rontu die?

• Fall

• Winter

• Summer

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CCSS.RL.5.1

Which of the following animals does Karana not adopt as her own?

• Wild dogs

• Otters

• Devilfish

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CCSS.RL.5.1