Island of the Blue Dolphins 1-5

A good title for chapters 1 - 5 could be:

• A Few Shiny Beads

• Setting Up Camp on the Island

• A Lucky Catch

• Captain Orlov's Trickery

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Why does everyone in Karan's tribe have 2 names?

• Their names change when they change as individuals

• They have a tradition to have one name as a child, another as an adult.

• If you use a person's name too much, it loses its magic, so they use a nickname.

• The medicine man gives them a secret name.

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From which point of view is Island of the Blue Dolphins written?

• First Person Point of View through Karan's eyes

• Third person limited point of view: the narrator follows Karana and tells only her thoughts.

• Third person omniscient: the narrator is all knowing and tells the thoughts of all the characters

• First person point of view: through the eyes of Captain Orlov

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What can the reader infer after reading chapters 1 - 5?

• The girl from the Aleut ship enjoyed traveling with he hunters

• Captain Orlov had no intensions of honoring this agreement with Chief Chowig.

• The beads were extremely valuable to Karan's tribe.

• Food is plentiful on the island of Ghalas-at

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The setting of the story takes place during with century?

• 1600's

• 1800's

• 2000's

• 2010's

Which location describes the setting of island of the Blue Dolphin?

• In the Indian Ocean

• Off the coast of Japan

• Lake Michigan near Wisconsin

• Off the coast of California in the Pacific Ocean

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Why did the Aleut trap sea otters and not seals?

• They have longer noses

• They have beautiful, thick fur to use in trade.

• They are fun to play with

• Seals do not taste good.

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Which solution matches this problem: Karan's father, Chief Chowig, did not trust Captain Orlov.

• He assigned men from the tribe to watch the Aleuts.

• He had his tribe hide in caves

• He went searching for new things to use in trade.

• He had the tribe prepare a feast for the Aleuts.

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Which emotions below describes chapter five, where the narrator describes what happened between the Aleuts and the Islanders?

• joy and happiness

• sadness and anxiousness

• bitterness and resentment

• passionate and motivated

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Who is the author of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

• Jonathan Rand

• Shel Silverstein

• J.K. Rowling

• Scott O'Dell