Characters
Sequencing
Plot Points
Karana
Setting
100
What is Karana's brother's name?
Ramo
100
Which happens first: Karana tames Rontu or Karana finds Ramo dead?
Karana finds Ramo dead.
100
What material does Karana use to make her skirt?
Cormorant feathers
100
Is Karana able to get meat from the devilfish she kills? Yes or no? Why?
No. She runs out of energy and cannot pull the devilfish out of the water.
100
What is the island called by the villagers?
Ghalas-at
200
What is Karana's father's name?
Chief Chowig
200
Which happens first: All but fifteen Ghalas-sat warriors are slain, Karana and Ramo are left on the island, or Captain Orlov and the Aleut hunters arrive on the island of Ghalas-sat?
Captain Orlov and his Aleut hunters arrive on the island of Ghalas-sat.
200
How many birds does Karana keep as pets and what are their names?
two; Tainor and Lurai
200
Why does Karana turn back when she is in her canoe?
There are holes in the canoe and it is leaking.
200
Why does Karana build a fence?
To keep the wild dogs out.
300
What is the name of the Aleut captain?
Captain Orlov
300
Put these events in order: Tutok and the other Aleuts come to the island, Karana is rescued, Rontu dies, and Karana hurts her leg.
Karana hurts her leg, Tutok and the other Aleuts come to the island, Rontu dies, then Karana is rescued.
300
Why does Karana stay on the island when the white men take the ship for the first time?
Ramo is still on the island.
300
What is the reason Karana and the other members of her tribe think her father died?
He told his secret name to Captain Orlov.
300
What does Karana use to build a fence?
Whale rib bones
400
What is Karana's first dog's name? What does the name stand for?
Rontu, fox eyes
400
Put these in order: An earthquake destroys the canoes, Karana hurts her leg, and Karana tames Rontu.
Karana hurts her leg, Karana tames Rontu, and an earthquake destroys the canoes.
400
What gift does Karana make for Tutok?
A circlet for her hair
400
What secret does Karana share with Tutok?
Her secret name
400
Karana finally realizes that the Aleuts were heading towards the island ... how does she know that it was them and not the white men? (2 answers)
1. Flags of their ship are red 2. Traveling from the North, not the East
500
Who is named chief after Karana's father dies, before he disappears?
Chief Kimki
500
Put these in order: Karana sails for the Mission Santa Barbara, a ship returns for Karana, Karana nurses a wild dog to health, and blue dolphins lead Karana back to her island.
Blue dolphins lead Karana back to her island, Karana nurses a wild dog to health, a ship returns for Karana, Karana sails for the Mission Santa Barbara.
500
Who gets two names in the book?
All members of the Ghalas-at tribe
500
What was the name Karana gave to most people, and what does it represent?
Won-a-pa-lei, the girl with long black hair
500
Where do the white men take Karana?
Mission Santa Barbara
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