Island of the blue dolphins

What did the narrator find on the far side of the rocks?

• A big gray dog with a broken arrow in his chest

• A pile of rocks

• A wounded deer

• A broken spear

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Why did the narrator not send the arrow at the big gray dog?

• The dog did not move

• The narrator's hand would not let it go

• The dog raised his head

• The narrator was afraid

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What did the narrator use to clean the dog's wound?

• A peeled stick from a coral bush

• A piece of cloth

• Water

• A medicinal herb

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What did the narrator do after mending the fence?

• Went down to the sea to gather shellfish

• Went to sleep

• Fed the dog

• Went hunting

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

How did the dog react when the narrator held out his hand?

• Backed away and showed his teeth

• Licked the narrator's hand

• Ignored the narrator

• Barked at the narrator

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

What name did the narrator eventually give to the dog?

• Rontu

• Fox

• Gray

• Dog

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What did the narrator do for four nights?

• Slept on the rock

• Slept in the house

• Went hunting

• Watched the dog

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

The two events that tell you something has changed between Karana and the big gray dog are...

• "I called out, "Dog, Dog," for I had no other name for him."

• "But now was crawled under the fence I did not feel the same."

• "He looked first at the fish I carried and then at me and moved his tail."

• "That night I stayed in the house."

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Just as I was about to throw the spear, he raised his head a little from the earth and then let it drop." This quote is textual evidence for...

• Why the dog back away and show his teeth when Karana goes up to feed him.

• Why Karana (narrator) decides not to shoot the wounded dog.

• Whether or not Karana has hunted with a bow and arrow before.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

Why does Karana hate the wild dogs?

• They killed her brother.
• They always want to play.
• They killed the captain.
• None of these.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6