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Island of the Blue Dolphins Final Quiz

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who comes to the island of the blue dolphins to hunt otter?

a)

A Californian fur cartel

b)

A Russian and a people known as the Aleuts

c)

Settlers from Virginia hoping to open new trade routes with Karana's tribe

d)

Hunters from Alaska

2.

What is Karana's brother's name?

a)

Rontu

b)

Chowig

c)

Ramo

d)

Won-a-pa-lei

3.

What happens when the Aleuts try to leave the island?

a)

They get into a fight with Karana's people

b)

They throw a party for the people of Ghalas-at to thank them for being so hospitable

c)

They pay for the otter they have killed and make plans to return next year

d)

They attack Karana's village in the night and kill many of her friends

4.

Why do the people of Ghalas-at believe Chowig died?

a)

Because he ate poisonous mushrooms

b)

Because he told his secret name to a stranger

c)

Because he swam too far away from the shore

5.

What does Ulape put on her face before she leaves the island?

a)

The mark of her tribe

b)

A sunscreen to protect her from sunburn

c)

lipstick

d)

A mark that means she is unmarried

6.

Where does Ramo go when everyone is on their way to the ship?

a)

Back to the village to get his spear

b)

To the spring to get water

c)

Ahead to the beach so he can be the first on the ship

d)

Back to the spring to get his knife

7.

Why does Karana end up back on the island?

a)

She falls of the ship and washes ashore

b)

She jumps off the ship to go back for her brother

c)

The ship leaves her behind (they forget to take her with them)

d)

She jumps off the ship to go back for her fishing spear

8.

Who is in the village when Karana and her brother get back there after being left behind by the ship?

a)

Chowig

b)

Matasaip

c)

Foxes

d)

The wild dogs

9.

What happens to Karana's brother when he goes out to get a canoe?

a)

He gets lost on his way home and Karana has to go out and find him

b)

He finds a new spring

c)

He is killed by the wild dogs

d)

He meets an Aleut girl

10.

Why does Karana hesitate to make weapons?

a)

Because the laws of her people forbid women to make weapons

b)

Because there are no straight trees on the island

c)

Because she is afraid she will hurt herself

d)

Because she should be gathering food for the winter instead

11.

What does Karana see during her trip on the ocean that helps her get home?

a)

Stars

b)

Sun

c)

Otter

d)

Dolphins

12.

Out of what does Karana make the fence around her house?

a)

Wooden poles

b)

Sea elephant tusks

c)

Whale bones

d)

Planks from old canoes

13.

Where does Karana build her house?

a)

Near her old village

b)

Near the wild dogs' cave

c)

On the headland

d)

On the beach

14.

Why does Karana go to hunt sea elephants?

a)

She wants to make their teeth into spearheads

b)

She has to kill them before they kill her

c)

She needs their skin to make clothes

d)

She wants to try out her new bow

15.

What happens when Karana goes to hunt the sea elephants?

a)

She accidentally kills two of them

b)

She runs away and loses her spear

c)

She kills one with her bow and arrows

d)

Two of the sea elephants get into a fight, and Karana hurts herself avoiding them

16.

What does Karana make a special spear to catch?

a)

Bass

b)

Wild Dogs

c)

Foxes

d)

Devilfish

17.

Who is Tainor?

a)

An Aleut girl who comes to Ghalas-at

b)

A bird

c)

An otter Karana nurses back to health

d)

A boy who left the island with the rest of Karana's people

18.

What does Karana find in Black Cave?

a)

A place to store her canoe

b)

A skirt of Cormorant feathers

c)

A skeleton playing a flute

d)

A pack of wild dogs

19.

Who is Rontu-Aru?

a)

A brown dog that Karana befriends after Rontu dies

b)

Ronu's son, who Karana makes into a pet

c)

An otter that Karana called Mon-a-nee before she realized it was a girl otter

20.

What does Karana tell Tutok before she leaves?

a)

Her secret name

b)

How much she liked having a friend

c)

Where to find the otters

d)

The way to make a cormorant skirt

21.

What does Karana make a skirt out of?

a)

otter pelts

b)

cormorant feathers

c)

seaweed

d)

yucca leaves

22.

What shellfish was Karana's favorite food to dry?

a)

scallops

b)

abalone

c)

clams

d)

oysters

23.

Karana refused to kill what animal by the end of the novel

a)

seals

b)

birds

c)

wild dogs

d)

otters

e)

all of the above

24.

What did Tutok leave for Karana?

a)

a necklace of black stones

b)

a bracelet of blue stones

c)

a necklace of red stones

d)

a bracelet of green stones

25.

What did Karana leave for Won-A-Nee when she was wounded?

a)

Dead fish

b)

wounded fish

c)

devilfish

d)

abalone

26.

How long was Karana on the Island of the Blue Dolphin?

a)

12 years

b)

14 years

c)

18 years

d)

22 years