DRAFT: Chapter 15 & 16 - Island of the Blue Dolphins

Vocabulary: Draw a line from the vocabulary word to the correct definition. Match the following:

• To fix, especially to fix by sewing

• Mending - To fix, especially to fix by sewing

• Floppy

• Bolder - Less scared; braver and/or more aggressive

• Shaking quickly

• Quivering - Shaking quickly

• To move around restlessly, especially in search of prey

• Prowling - To move around restlessly, especially in search of prey

• Less scared; braver and/or more aggressive

• Limp - Floppy

Where does Karana think the grey dog with yellow eyes came from?

• He was one of the Aleut’s dogs.

• He was a stray dog.

• He was a dog from Ghalas-at.

• He was a wild dog.

How does Karana get the wild dogs to leave their cave?

Does Karana shoot the leader dog with an arrow?

• YES

• NO

True or False: Karana kills the dog.

• True

• False

True or False: Karana carries the injured dog back to her home.

• True

• False

“He looked at the fish I carried and then at me and moved his tail.” What do you think this means?

• The dog is starting to like and trust Karana.

• The dog is afraid of Karana.

• The dog is indifferent to Karana.

• The dog is angry with Karana.

Vocabulary: Draw a line from the vocabulary word to the correct definition.

• Sinews

• To make someone laugh or smile; to entertain in a pleasant way

• Amuse

• A high place (often in a tree) where birds like to sleep

• Roost

• An adventurous journey

• Voyage

• To work with great effort on a difficult project

• Labored

• Fibrous tissues that connect muscle to bone, or bone to bone

Karana names her dog ______, which means “Fox Eyes.”

• Rontu

• Lobo

• Togo

• Akela

On her voyage, Karana finds: a) Beautiful conch shells b) A new type of fruit c) A fine place to hide a canoe d) Another pet

• Beautiful conch shells

• A new type of fruit

• A fine place to hide a canoe

• Another pet