2023 IBD Ch. 23-26

True or False?

Sea otters wound a strand of kelp around their bodies for warmth.

• True

• False

True or False?

Two fish per day was all the injured otter was able to eat.

• True

• False

True or False?

Karana called the wounded otter Mon-a-nee, which means Little Girl with Large Eyes.

• True

• False

True or False?

When Karana was not able to leave fish for the wounded otter for three days, it left the pool.

• True

• False

True or False?

The only thing the Aleuts had harmed was the fence, which Karana was able to mend.

• True

• False

What did Karana do when she buried Rontu?

• Placed cormorant feathers on his grave.

• She placed otter pelts around his grave.

• She made a grave marker from sea shells.

• She included a stick he liked to chase.

When it came time for Rontu to die, he ...

• went to the lair where he had once lived.

• went to the beach where he and Karana always walked.

• lay down by Karana's bed.

• placed himself near a rock, under a shady tree, placed himself near a rock, under a shady tree.

When sea otter are first born, they ....

• cannot swim and learn to swim by themselves.

• can float but learn to swim from their mothers.

• can swim right from the start.

• cannot swim and have to hold on to their mother. cannot swim and have to hold on to their mother.

Why did Mon-a-nee finally swim out to sea?

• Karana couldn't feed him when the waves were high.

• He wanted to join his friends.

• He didn't like being around humans.

• He did not like Karana anymore.

What did Karana do with the wounded sea otter who was left by the hunters?

• She placed it near the reef to find it's mother.

• She put it in a tide pool and fed it fresh fish.

• She nursed it's wounds and put it out to sea.

• She took it home to swim in the ravine.