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Island Of The Blue Dolphins - Chapters 1-15

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is Karana's brother?

a)

Karana doesn't have a brother

b)

Rontu

c)

Orlov

d)

Ramo

2.

What does Karana's name mean?

a)

The girl with the deep brown eyes

b)

The girl with the yonger brother

c)

The girl with the long black hair

d)

The girl with the wavy hair

3.

Why did the Aleuts and the Russian come to the Island of the Blue Dolphins?

a)

To hunt otters

b)

To steal Karana's food

c)

To kill the dolphins

d)

To build their new homes there

4.

What was Ramo's made-up chief name for himself?

a)

Chief Ramo The Strong

b)

Chief Quazanti

c)

Chief Chowig

d)

Chief Tanyositlopai

5.

What is the marking that means you are unmarried?

a)

Red and yellow stripes.

b)

Blue lines and white dots.

c)

Three purple dots above each of your cheekbones.

d)

White stripes on your chin and five black or gold dots around your eyes and nose.

6.

What did Karana name her dog?

a)

Tainor

b)

Fern

c)

Mon-a-nee

d)

Rontu

7.

Before it got ruined, what did Karana make her favorite skirt out of?

a)

Yucca fibers

b)

Sea elephant tusks

c)

Bamboo leaves

d)

Brown wheat and sour grass

8.

What did Ramo go back from the white men's ship for?

a)

A few juicy abalones

b)

His favorite pet bird

c)

A fishing spear

d)

A long thin sword

9.

What does Karana do after Ramo dies?

a)

She throws all of his stuff into the ocean

b)

She pretends he is there and cooks him dinner

c)

She burns down her village

d)

She gets very mad and kills four innocent animals in a cave

10.

Which saying is NOT one that Karana mentions when she thinks about (SEXIST) reasons why girls and women cannot make weapons?

a)

All four elements would go against her

b)

The weapon would break and crumble in her hands

c)

She would get thrown into the depths of the ocean

11.

Who wrote 'Island of the Blue Dolphins'?

a)

J.K. Rowling

b)

Scott O'Dell

c)

Dan Gemeinhart

d)

Joe Biden

e)

Debbie Cruger-Hansen

12.

Karana has 4 sisters and 3 brothers

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Karana has only 1 brother

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Karana has 1 brother and 1 sister

a)

True

b)

False

15.

At the start of the book, how old is Ramo?

a)

10

b)

9

c)

13

d)

7

e)

6

16.

At the start of the book, how old is Karana?

a)

24

b)

17

c)

12

d)

19

e)

8

17.

What did Rontu do to another wild dog when he attacked him?

a)

Rontu bit his leg off.

b)

Rontu gashed his eye.

c)

Rontu bit his paw.

d)

Rontu ripped his brain open.

e)

Rontu killed him.

18.

What did Karana's brother call the sea?

a)

"To me it is a big blue puddle"

b)

"To me it is a stretch of blue paint"

c)

"To me it is a blue globe with no dents but ripples and dips in the tide"

d)

"To me it is the smooth outside of a bubble"

e)

"To me it is a blue stone"

19.

How did Karana realize her father was dead?

a)

She saw he had a slit throat.

b)

She saw he had been stabbed with a sword in the heart.

c)

She saw he had blood on his face.

d)

She felt his heartbeat and it wasn't beating.

e)

She saw his head was chopped off.

20.

Why did Karana not kill Rontu?

a)

She decided she would kill him later once the tides were high and she could throw him in the sea.

b)

She was tired and hurt and didn't have the strength to.

c)

She was going to, but then she heard a strange noise.

d)

She felt sympathy for him.

e)

She tried to kill him, but he pounced on her before she could.

21.

What color abalone is the best?

a)

Yellow

b)

White

c)

Orange

d)

Red

e)

Pink

22.

Who was the medicine man?

a)

Xianu

b)

Matsuki

c)

Zuma

d)

Pontu

e)

Javo