Vocabulary
True/False
Characters
Aleuts
Comprehension
100
This is animal skins. The Aleuts hunted otter for these.
What is a pelt?
100
There are few winds on the island.
What is false?
100
Ramo is half the age of...
Who is Won-a-pa-lei.
100
The Aleuts come to the island to hunt this animal.
What is otter.
100
The description of the Island of the Blue Dolphins at the beginning of book by Karana.
What is the island is two leagues long and one league wide. The island looks like a dolphin lying on its side, with its tail pointing toward the sunrise and its nose pointing toward the sunset.
200
Karana felt like this, sad and lonely.
What is forlorn?
200
Tainor and Lurai are two birds Karana trains while alone on the island.
What is true?
200
Karana trains this animal by tying him up and leaving food and fresh water near him. Eventually he became tame and friends with Karana.
Who is Rontu-Aru.
200
The battle with the Aleuts results in the death of the main character.
What is the death of Chief Chowig.
200
Karana uses what to direct her while on the water to find her new homeland, and how does she use this object.
What is stars, the first star guides her east and the North Star stays on her left.
300
This is a narrow opening in a rock or wall. Karana made crevices to be used as shelves in her house.
What is crevices?
300
Every spring, the herd of otter leaves Coral Cove and moves to Tall Rock for safety.
What is false?
300
The affect on women of the tribe, after many of the men being killed in battle at the beginning of the book.
What is a role change of women, becoming hunters and other duties normally of the men.
300
Chowig insists how many more chests to be brought back from the ship to the island.
What is three chests of pelts and beads.
300
At the end of the book, Karana dress in her otter cape, cormorant skirt, necklace and earrings in order to do this.
What is greet her visitors.
400
This is insufficient for the demand. The ottters seemed this way while the Aleuts were hunting them.
What is scarce?
400
Due to her fear of the Aleuts coming back, the islanders prepare canoes with food and supplies for an emergency quick escape.
What is true?
400
Karana's attitude towards the island does what after leaving island and returning.
What is changing from a negative attitude to a "there's no place like home" attitude.
400
Since the Aleuts do not come to Karana's home, this person can be trusted.
Who is Tutok, the only girl with the Aleuts on their second trip to the island during the book.
400
Since Karana believes in the law which forbids women from making weapons, she fears this.
What is she fears her arrows will fail to be effective.
500
This is to be defeated thoroughly or overcome. During the earthquake some larger waves became this.
What is vanquished?
500
Kimki embarks on a search for men to come and lives with the villagers on the island.
What is false?
500
These are the fears Karana has about encountering the sea elephants.
What is Karana worries if the arrow will pierce the tough hide of the sea elephant, she also wonders if the bulls will try to attack and hurt her.
500
The islanders, as well as Karana alone on island, did this procedure in anticipation of the return of the Aleuts.
What is buildings canoes, gathering food and water and preparing for a quick escape if Aleuts return.
500
Karana become cheerful after seeing the dolphins on way back to island because of this reason.
What is dolphins are known as a good omen and the dolphins relieve Karana's loneliness while on the boat.