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Island of the Blue Dolphins: Chapters 1-12

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What animal do the Aleuts hunt?

a)

seals

b)

white bass

c)

sea otters

d)

whales

2.

What does the word "idle" mean?

a)

lazy or without purpose

b)

exhausted

c)

feeble

d)

very tiny

3.

How many male members of Karana's tribe are left after the battle with the Aleuts?

a)

7

b)

15

c)

42

d)

24

4.

Why does Karana jump off of the white man's ship in Chapter 7?

a)

Her brother was left behind.

b)

Her sister was left behind.

c)

She forgot her feather skirt.

d)

She didn't want to leave the island.

5.

True or False: Karana's father taught her how to make weapons.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What does Karana use to build her fence when she constructs her shelter?

a)

elephant seal bones

b)

whale ribs

c)

tall, thin branches

d)

stones

7.

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence: "But the morning broke clear and in front of me lay the dim line of the island like a great fish sunning itself in the sea."

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

8.

True or False? There are many trees on the Island of the Blue Dolphins.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

How does Karana's little brother die?

a)

he falls off of a cliff

b)

he is killed by wild dogs

c)

he gets sick

d)

he drowns

10.

What does Karana say makes the best spearhead?

a)

a bull elephant's tusk

b)

a dog's claw

c)

a shark tooth

d)

carved stone

11.

What does Karana do with the beads that she excavates from the buried chest at Coral Cove?

a)

She hides them on the rock shelf in her shelter.

b)

She throws them into the sea.

c)

She scatters them all over the island.

d)

She reburies them.

12.

True or False? Island of the Blue Dolphins is a 100% accurate historical account of the Nicoleño people and the lone woman of San Nicolas Island.

a)

True

b)

False