Island of the Blue Dolphins ch. 16-20 quiz

The most important reason that Karana needed a canoe was to...

• sail around the island with Rontu.

• use it for catching fish.

• use it to escape if the Aleuts came.

Karana was not lonely on her island because she...

• preferred to be alone.

• had Rontu to talk to.

• knew that someone would be coming for her soon.

The devilfish are dangerous because they...

• squirt a black poisonous liquid at their enemy.

• have poisonous suckers on their arms.

• can wrap their arms around you and drown you.

Rontu lured the dogs into attacking by...

• pretending not to see them while licking his wounds.

• barking and growling at them.

• casually walking away into the bushes.

After Rontu's victory over the two attacking dogs, he...

• went immediately to Karana so that she would pet him.

• walked to the mound and gave a long howl.

• went back to the wild dogs' lair.

Karana clipped the wings of her caged birds because she...

• thought it would help then fy better.

• thought it made their wings more attractive.

• didn't want them to fly away.

After Karana killed the devilfish, she...

• dragged its body from the water.

• went home to go to sleep.

• cut off its many long arms.

When Karana entered the Black Cave, she knew that she...

• had found a perfect hiding place for her canoe.

• would visit there often.

• had found some of her ancestors.

When Karana saw the ship from the top of the cliff, she...

• thought it was the Aleuts because the ship came from the north.

• thought the ship belonged to the white men from the east.

• had no idea who the ship belonged to.

After the Aleuts landed on the island, Karana...

• stayed in her house behind the whale rib fence.

• went to the headland to live.

• went to her cave by the ravine.