Island Of The Blue Dolphins Chapter 12
- 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
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