WorksheetsIsland of the Blue Dolphins Ch 11-15
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
When Karana returned from her attempted voyage to the country to the east, she felt...
determined to fix the canoe and try again
unhappy at returning to the island
filled with happiness
The main reason that Karana didn't choose one of the sites for her new home was that it...
was located far away from the wild dogs' lair
was a place near the sea elephants
had higher rocks than those on the headland
To make the fence which would surround her house, Karana used...
wooden poles from trees
piled up brush
whale ribs
In order to make a good spear, Karana needed...
the tusk like teeth of a bull sea elephant
the bone from a whale
spearheads from the Aleuts
When Karana observed the bull sea elephants, she noticed that they...
played freely with the cows and babies
only played with other bull sea elephants
sat alone because they are bad tempered
The old bull elephant attacked the younger one because...
he liked to fight other bull sea elephants
the younger bull was going after the cows in the old bull's herd
the younger bull attacked him the day before
When Karana was injured, she finally had to crawl out of her house because she...
had run out of food
had run out of water
was getting bored
When the dogs split up to encircle the injured Karana, she...
took refuge in a cave
began shooting the dogs with her bow and arrows
ran for home
To coax the dogs from their lair, Karana
set fire to some brush at the caves entrance
left out bowls of red meat
called to them
When Karana finally found the leader of the wild dogs, she...
threw rocks at him
ignores him
took him home and nursed him
