WorksheetsIsland of the Blue Dolphins Final Quiz
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 20mins
Who comes to the island of the blue dolphins to hunt otter?
A Californian fur cartel
A Russian and a people known as the Aleuts
Settlers from Virginia hoping to open new trade routes with Karana's tribe
Hunters from Alaska
What is Karana's brother's name?
Rontu
Chowig
Ramo
Won-a-pa-lei
What happens when the Aleuts try to leave the island?
They get into a fight with Karana's people
They throw a party for the people of Ghalas-at to thank them for being so hospitable
They pay for the otter they have killed and make plans to return next year
They attack Karana's village in the night and kill many of her friends
Why do the people of Ghalas-at believe Chowig died?
Because he ate poisonous mushrooms
Because he told his secret name to a stranger
Because he swam too far away from the shore
What does Ulape put on her face before she leaves the island?
The mark of her tribe
A sunscreen to protect her from sunburn
lipstick
A mark that means she is unmarried
Where does Ramo go when everyone is on their way to the ship?
Back to the village to get his spear
To the spring to get water
Ahead to the beach so he can be the first on the ship
Back to the spring to get his knife
Why does Karana end up back on the island?
She falls of the ship and washes ashore
She jumps off the ship to go back for her brother
The ship leaves her behind (they forget to take her with them)
She jumps off the ship to go back for her fishing spear
Who is in the village when Karana and her brother get back there after being left behind by the ship?
Chowig
Matasaip
Foxes
The wild dogs
What happens to Karana's brother when he goes out to get a canoe?
He gets lost on his way home and Karana has to go out and find him
He finds a new spring
He is killed by the wild dogs
He meets an Aleut girl
Why does Karana hesitate to make weapons?
Because the laws of her people forbid women to make weapons
Because there are no straight trees on the island
Because she is afraid she will hurt herself
Because she should be gathering food for the winter instead
What does Karana see during her trip on the ocean that helps her get home?
Stars
Sun
Otter
Dolphins
Out of what does Karana make the fence around her house?
Wooden poles
Sea elephant tusks
Whale bones
Planks from old canoes
Where does Karana build her house?
Near her old village
Near the wild dogs' cave
On the headland
On the beach
Why does Karana go to hunt sea elephants?
She wants to make their teeth into spearheads
She has to kill them before they kill her
She needs their skin to make clothes
She wants to try out her new bow
What happens when Karana goes to hunt the sea elephants?
She accidentally kills two of them
She runs away and loses her spear
She kills one with her bow and arrows
Two of the sea elephants get into a fight, and Karana hurts herself avoiding them
What does Karana make a special spear to catch?
Bass
Wild Dogs
Foxes
Devilfish
Who is Tainor?
An Aleut girl who comes to Ghalas-at
A bird
An otter Karana nurses back to health
A boy who left the island with the rest of Karana's people
What does Karana find in Black Cave?
A place to store her canoe
A skirt of Cormorant feathers
A skeleton playing a flute
A pack of wild dogs
Who is Rontu-Aru?
A brown dog that Karana befriends after Rontu dies
Ronu's son, who Karana makes into a pet
An otter that Karana called Mon-a-nee before she realized it was a girl otter
What does Karana tell Tutok before she leaves?
Her secret name
How much she liked having a friend
Where to find the otters
The way to make a cormorant skirt
What does Karana make a skirt out of?
otter pelts
cormorant feathers
seaweed
yucca leaves
What shellfish was Karana's favorite food to dry?
scallops
abalone
clams
oysters
Karana refused to kill what animal by the end of the novel
seals
birds
wild dogs
otters
all of the above
What did Tutok leave for Karana?
a necklace of black stones
a bracelet of blue stones
a necklace of red stones
a bracelet of green stones
What did Karana leave for Won-A-Nee when she was wounded?
Dead fish
wounded fish
devilfish
abalone
How long was Karana on the Island of the Blue Dolphin?
12 years
14 years
18 years
22 years
