Island of the Blue Dolphins Vocabulary

The cat ____________ its claws.

• abalone

• retracted

• beckoned

• flee

She ___________ the other runners and went on to win the race.

• overtook

• vainer

• forlorn

• clutched

Between my sister and I, she is the _______ one because she takes so much time getting ready and looking in the mirror.

• pitched

• befall

• yucca

• vainer

Grandad retreated to his _________ in the basement.

• lair

• plentiful

• passage

• beckoned

Samantha and her friends were walking down the street. When someone bumped into her should holding her bag, she ___________ it as hard as she could to stop the person from stealing it.

• overtake

• beckoned

• clutched

• sandspit

Hot climate and _________ rainfall favor the growth of plants.

• awl

• sandspit

• masts

• plentiful

During the storm, the little sailboat wasn’t strong enough and the __________ broke in half.

• behold

• voyage

• mast

• retracted

When my best friend returned home after a fun week together, I was rather _____________.

• forlorn

• masts

• yucca

• abalone

I hope you have a wonderful school year and only positive things __________ you.

• flee

• vowed

• befall

• pitched

As the players were trying to __________ away from the monster in the game, they saw a ____________ that the monster couldn’t fit in and went for it.

• beckon, passage

• flee, forlorn

• voyage, awl

• flee, passage