Island of the Blue Dolphins, chapter 19 TEST

What was the sea animal that Karana referred to as "the giant devilfish"?

• an orca

• a shark

• a manta ray

• an octopus

Which color of abalone did Karana prefer most?

• red shelled ones

• green shelled ones

• black shelled ones

What did Karana fill the bottom of her canoe with?

• starfish

• red abalones

• sea urchins

• blue dolphins

• otter

How did the gulls pry the meat from the scallops they picked up?

• they'd let the starfish pry them open over days and then steal it from them

• they'd drop them from up high onto rocks below and then pick the meat from the broken shells

• they'd open them themselves with their strong sharp beaks

What did Karana plan to do with the purple sea urchins?

• make a chew toy for Rontu

• eat it

• use it for dyeing

What did the giant devilfish or octopus catch just before Karana speared it?

• a sea otter

• a dolphin

• a gull

• a fish

What floated to the surface of the water after Karana speared the octopus?

• the spear's shaft

• the barbed point (spear head)

• the string's made of sinew

Why couldn't Karana get in her canoe and allow the octopus to pull her in it and tire itself out from doing so?

• because the canoe was still on the shelf in the cave

• because the canoe had drifted off into the sea

• because Karana didn't have a free hand to untie it from its mooring

What made Karana's hands bleed?

• the octopus' beak bite

• the string made of sinew

• the barbed point or spear tip

Where did the devilfish have Rontu by?

• his legs

• his throat

• his body

• his muzzle or snout