Island of the Blue Dolphins, ch 24-25

What did Tainor and Lurai use to build their nest? What difficulty did this cause?

• The birds used pieces of abalone. It irritated Karana.

• The birds used dry seaweed, leaves, and hair off Rontu's back. It irritated Rontu.

• The birds used cormorant feathers, dry seaweed, and Karana's hair. It irritated Karana.

• The birds used plastic floating in the ocean, leaves, and hair off Rontu's back. It irritated Rontu.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How did the baby gull hurt itself? What did Karana do about it?

• It fell out of its nest. Karana immobilized the broken leg with splints.

• It got hurt trying to swim against the current. Karana moved it out of the waves.

• It fell off the headland. Karana put it back into its nest.

• It didn't hurt itself, so Karana didn't need to do anything.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Karana discovered that Mon-a-nee was not a male otter because she had babies. What did Karana rename the otter?

• Mona -ana-nana

• Wona - ana - nana

• Won-a-nee

• Nana-wona-meme

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Describe how the sea otter opened an abalone.

• It used its flippers to slide open the shell while balancing on its head.

• It floated on its back, put the abalone on its chest, and struck it with a rock.

• It floated on its back and used its tail to crash the shell against a rock.

• It asked Karana to open the shell.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

At the end of chapter 24 it mentions that Karana refused to kill four different animals. What were they?

• whale, fox, bird, and otter

• cat, mouse, monkey, and otter

• elephant, zebra, donkey, and otter

• wild dog, cormorant, seals, and otter

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Choose the best word to complete the analogy.

Tardy is to early as dawn is to ___________.

• fledgling

• hobble

• dusk

• teeter

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Which is the dependent clause in this sentence?

I volunteer at the animal shelter when I have free time.

• I volunteer at the animal shelter

• when I have free time.

• at the animal shelter

• free time

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Combine the two sentences into one by creating an appositive out of the second sentence. Use a comma.

It was hot/we drank lots of water (because)

• It was hot because we drank lots of water.

• We drank lots of water because it was hot.

• Because it was hot, we drank lots of water.

• Because we drank lots of water, it was hot.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Identify the three nouns in this sentence.

I did not go into the cave nor did I take the necklace from the rock.

• cave, necklace, rock

• did, take, from

• go, the, from

• not, into, cave

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Identify the verb in this sentence.

There I hid myself on a brushy ledge.

• brushy

• myself

• ledge

• hid

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4