Use in a sentence
Yes or No
What?
Why?
Where?
100

prey

The star fish's prey is the abalone. 

100
When you get bolder, you become more afraid.

No--you become more brave

100

What did Karana name the wild dog? What does it mean?

Rontu, means fox eyes (ch 15, p 94)

100
ch 18- why does Karana clip the wings of the two birds she kept? 

to keep them from flying. 

100
ch 17- where did Karana find Rontu after he had been acting strangely?

at the edge of a low cliff

200

singed

ch 18- p. 111 the women singed their hair short as a sign of mourning. 

200

When someone is flailing their arms, they are swinging them.

yes To flail is to wave or swing something

200

ch 19- who was dragging Rontu into the water trying to drown him?

the devilfish p. 118

200

ch 17- why did Karana choose to not shoot the dogs that were fighting Rontu?

p. 105-- because this was a battle between the dogs and Rontu. if she stopped them, they would fight again. 

200
ch 16- where did Karana hide her canoe?

p. 97-98 in a cave near the headland where her house was

300

roost

ch 16- p 96 Rontu would chase the pelicans who roosted by the shore

300

A devilfish lives on land

no--it's an octopus and therefore, lived in the ocean

300

ch 17 -what was the spear to kill the devilfish made of?

p. 101-- sea elephant teeth

300

ch 19- Why couldn't Karana drag the devilfish out of the water?

p. 119- she was too tired 

300

ch 15 (p 89) - where did Karana's arrow strike the leader of the pack?

in the chest

400

bolder

ch 15- the dogs who were left behind joined the pack of wild dogs and the pack became much bolder (p 87)

400

The haunches of a dog are its neck and shoulders.

no-- the haunches of a dog are its upper legs and hips

400

ch 20- what did Karana find in Black Cave? 

p. 122 -- two dozen strange figure in a row and a skeleton with a flute raised to its mouth

400

ch 17- why did Rontu lift his head and give a long howl?

p. 107- possibly to tell the others that he had won the dog battle which meant he was the strongest dog

500

lure

p. 105 --Rontu pretended to lick his wounds and to not watch the two dogs who were moving slowly. This was a lure to make them come closer so Rontu could attack them 

500

a shaft is a short wide opening

no--it's a long narrow or slender opening

500

ch 20- what arrived on the island?

a ship with two sails  p 125

500

ch 20- why does Karana need to move her things to the cave?

So the Aleuts would not see her (p 126) 

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