Story Events
Story Events
Ghalas-at People
Vocabulary
Animal Life
100
Why did the Aleut ship come to the island?
To hunt sea otter.
100
True or False. Karana was saddened by the slaughter of thousand of sea otter.
What is true.
100
Karana disliked animals. True or False.
What is false.
100
What is a league?
A measure of distance about 3 miles.
100
This was the name of the injured dog Karana helped.
What is Rontu.
200
What ended the agreement between Captain Orlov and the people of Ghalas-at?
Chief Chowig was killed.
200
What did Captain Orlov offer Karana's tribe as payment for the otter?
Strings of beads and iron spearheads.
200
What did Karana need to find in order to make her spear?
A tooth from a sea elephant.
200
What is a sinew?
A tendon (body part).
200
Karana used this body part of an animal to make her fence?
What is the ribs from a whale.
300
Karana did not stay on the ship with Ulape because of this.
Ramo went back for a spear.
300
What was the good fortune that came to Ghalas-at soon after the Aleuts arrived?
Fourteen white bass fish were found and shared.
300
Why did Kimki leave the island?
He was looking for a new place for them to live.
300
What is a ravine?
A deep, narrow gorge with steep sides.
300
Karana used the bull sea elephant to make what kind of weapon?
What is a spear.
400
How did Cheif Tanyositlopai die?
He was killed by a pack of wild dogs.
400
What was Ramo trying to do when he was killed?
To bring a canoe back to Coral Cove.
400
What did Karana decide to make even though tribal law said women must never do that work?
What is make weapons.
400
What is a cormorant?
A large diving sea bird bird with a long neck, long hooked bill, short legs, and mainly dark plumage.
400
What is a cow in the island of the blue dolphins?
What is a female sea elephant.
500
Who became Karana's companion on the island?
Rontu, the wild dog.
500
What creature did Karana and Rontu encounter while paddling through the cave?
A devilfish.
500
Why did Karana name the wild dog Rontu?
Rontu means Fox Eyes in Karana's language.
500
What is a shirker?
What is someone who tries to avoid work.
500
Which is not a charastic of sea otter? a) it has webbed feet b) it is vicious and mean c) it has smooth think fur
It is vicious and mean.
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