The island of the Blue Dolphins, ch 28-29

Choose the best word to complete the sentence.

The joints of a canoe refer to its ______________.

• anchor

• planks

• trousers

• scams

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Choose the best word to complete the sentence.

A ship cast upon the rocks leaves behind a _____________.

• wreckage

• ornament

• ancestors

• trousers

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

After the tsunami and earthquake, what did Karana consider her biggest loss?

• The cormorant skirt

• The abalone

• The canoe

• The necklace

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Why was it important for Karana to build another canoe?

• She wanted to sail to the other island to be with her people.

• She needed it to gather shellfish.

• She wanted to sail around her island.

• She needed to do something useful with her time.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What had the great storm washed ashore which really helped her in building another canoe?

• planks of wood; wreckage

• kelp; wreckage

• water; wreckage

• long strings of black pitch; wreckage

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

When Karana spotted the ship in chapter 28, how did she know it was not a ship of the Aleuts?

• It didn't have the red, beaked prow of the Aleuts.

• It had green sails and a short prow.

• It didn't have people on board.

• She could not tell.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What caused her to miss being rescued by this ship?

• She ran from the beach as fast as she could, and hid in her cave.

• She took too long to go down to the beach to meet the people, and they left.

• She tried to take too many of her personal items with her, and they didn't want to take so much stuff on board their ship.

• She didn't miss the boat. She swam to it.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The climax of the story occurs when the main problem of the story is solved. When does the climax of this novel occur?

• When she found Rontu-Aru

• When she is rescued.

• When the author decided to end the story.

• When the birds flew away.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What happened to the ship that took the other people from Karana's island many years before?

• It made it safely to the new island.

• The ship turned back to save Karana the very next year.

• It was wrecked in a storm.

• It was put in the museum of natural history.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

Some people refer to a pair of pants as __________.

• planks

• trousers

• ancestors

• anchor

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4