Island Of The Blue Dolphins Chapter 12

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1.

What did Karana use to construct the fence around her house, and why did she use this?
- A.
  
  She used reeds to build the fence because they were tall and easy for her to use.
- B.
  
  She used whale rib bones because they were long and curved
- C.
  
  She use whale rib bones because when they were put together and curved out they were impossible to climb.
- D.
  
  Answers A - B - and C
- E.
  
  Answers Band C
2.

What are sai-sai?
- A.
  
  A pack of sea elephants
- B.
  
  Small fish so thick you can walk on them
- C.
  
  A pack of red fox
- D.
  
  A pod of dolphins
3.

Building the house, it took longer than the fence because of:
- A.
  
  It rained many days
- B.
  
  It took time for the bull kelp to dry
- C.
  
  The wood was scarce
- D.
  
  All of the above
- E.
  
  Both A and C
- F.
  
  None of the above
4.

What was Karana's plan to kill the wild dogs?
- A.
  
  To use a apear, and a bow and arrow
- B.
  
  To trap them in their lair and burn them out
- C.
  
  Poison them
- D.
  
  None of the above
5.

When karana built her fireplace she
- A.
  
  Lined the pit with woven kelp
- B.
  
  Lined the pit with rocks
- C.
  
  Bult it up on stones
- D.
  
  None of the above
6.

Karana designed a place to store her food
- A.
  
  In the ground where she buried it to keep the foxes from it.
- B.
  
  In the stone wall high off the ground on shelves on the outside of her house so the mice would not come into her house.
- C.
  
  On the shelves in the rock to keep the mice from it.
- D.
  
  In the chest the Aleuts had used for the jewels
7.

To cut the poles she needed to build her house Karana used
- A.
  
  Fire
- B.
  
  Ax
- C.
  
  Stone knife
- D.
  
  All of the above
- E.
  
  Both A and C
- F.
  
  None of the above
8.

Karana was able to build her new home in
- A.
  
  One week
- B.
  
  One month
- C.
  
  Several months
- D.
  
  A year
- E.
  
  Over several years
9.

Karana built the fence before the house because
- A.
  
  It was the easiest to build
- B.
  
  She needed protection for the animals
- C.
  
  She didn't know where she wanted her new home
- D.
  
  She built the house first and then the fence
10.

Karana decides to kill a sea elephant because
- A.
  
  It would be easy for her to catch one in a kelp net
- B.
  
  She wanted to use their teeth to make a spear points
- C.
  
  Could use their oil
- D.
  
  Both B and C
- E.
  
  All of the above