Island of the Blue Dolphins: Chapters 1-12

What animal do the Aleuts hunt?

• seals

• white bass

• sea otters

• whales

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CCSS.RL.8.9

What does the word "idle" mean?

• lazy or without purpose

• exhausted

• feeble

• very tiny

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

How many male members of Karana's tribe are left after the battle with the Aleuts?

• 7

• 15

• 42

• 24

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Why does Karana jump off of the white man's ship in Chapter 7?

• Her brother was left behind.

• Her sister was left behind.

• She forgot her feather skirt.

• She didn't want to leave the island.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

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CCSS.RL.7.2

True or False: Karana's father taught her how to make weapons.

• True

• False

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What does Karana use to build her fence when she constructs her shelter?

• elephant seal bones

• whale ribs

• tall, thin branches

• stones

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CCSS.RI.3.1

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence: "But the morning broke clear and in front of me lay the dim line of the island like a great fish sunning itself in the sea."

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.RI.8.5

True or False? There are many trees on the Island of the Blue Dolphins.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

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CCSS.RL.6.2

How does Karana's little brother die?

• he falls off of a cliff

• he is killed by wild dogs

• he gets sick

• he drowns

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

What does Karana say makes the best spearhead?

• a bull elephant's tusk

• a dog's claw

• a shark tooth

• carved stone

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CCSS.RL.8.3