Island of the Blue Dolphins, Ch 26-27

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

Karana filled the cracks in the canoe with a black _________.

• vanquish

• crest

• pitch

• graceful

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

People who live by the ocean need to be alert for destructive _____________.

• tsunamis

• glimpse

• shimmer

• vanquish

Why didn't Karana venture out onto the reef at all that winter?

• She just wanted to run and play all day with Rontu-Aru.

• She didn't have her canoe anymore.

• The bad weather caused the seas to be rough.

• The Aleuts were camping in their red-sailed ship off the coast of Coral Cove.

What three different ways did Karana use to try to capture the wild dogs in chapter 26?

• She tried a snare, using the toluache weed in their drinking water, and using xuchal in their drinking water

• She sang them a song, used a snare, and fed them oatmeal for breakfast.

• She tried chasing them, feeding them dog food, and using a snare.

• She tried giving them lobster, singing a song, and using a snare.

What did Karana make to protect her eyes from the bright sun?

• She made a helmet from a coconut.

• She made an umbrella from dried kelp.

• She made shields of wood with small slits to see through.

• She made the first ever plastic sunglasses and made a fortune selling them to all the tourists who came to the island.

What startled Karana when she was asleep under the canoe?

• A sea otter

• A wild dog

• The wind

• A rumbling sound

What two events caused all the destruction on the island?

• a tsunami and an earthquake

• the wild dogs fighting and an earthquake

• an earthquake and the Aleuts

• the fox and an earthquake

Which sentence is an example of personification?

• The earth was brown and sea green.

• The earth's oceans are beautiful.

• The Island of the Blue Dolphins is in the shape of a dolphin.

• The earth seemed to be holding its breath.

Which sentence is an example of a simile?

• The tiny baby was as beautiful as an angel.

• The tiny baby was an angel.

• The tiny baby was sleeping.

• The tiny baby wore tiny clothes.

What are cormorants?

• chickens

• crabs

• birds

• dogs