Island of the Blue Dolphins, Ch 20 & 21

Synonyms are words with similar meanings. Using the context of the sentence, choose the best synonym for the underlined word.

The cormorants roosted on Tall Rock.

• fought

• perched

• hid

• waited

Synonyms are words with similar meanings. Using the context of the sentence, choose the best synonym for the underlined word.

Karana was most curious about the hawk.

• indifferent

• talkative

• disinterested

• inquisitive

Why did the abalones have to be guarded? What ingenious method did Karana use to accomplish this?

• The gulls would steal them while they dried. She hung small fish on the fence to scare them away.

• The gulls would steal them while they dried. She hung abalone shells from poles which frightened away the gulls.

• The gulls would steal them while they dried. She asked Scarecrow from Wizard of Oz to come hang out to frightened away the gulls.

• The gulls were not interested in eating any of the abalone so there was not need to do anything special.

What did Karana wish to use the cormorant feathers for?

• She wanted to make a scarecrow,

• She wanted to make a skirt.

• She wanted to decorate her fence.

• She wanted to wear them in her hair.

What was it about the Black Cave that made Karana so upset and terrified?

• There was a row of strange figures in the cave as well as a skeleton.

• There was a large donut on the side of the cave, and she had never seen one before.

• Nothing in the Black Cave made her upset or terrified her.

• The dolphins gathered there to discuss Karana's presence on the island.

Why did Karana have to stay in the cave longer than she would have liked?

• The dolphins wouldn't let her out of the cave.

• The tide came in and she couldn't get out through the exit.

• Her canoe started to leak again, and she had to fix it before leaving.

• There was no reason. She liked staying in the cave.

Even though it was hard work, Karana hid her canoe each day. Why did she go to all this trouble?

• She wanted to keep her canoe safe from the harmful rays of the sun.

• She was trying to gain upper body strength, and the heaviness of the canoe was helping her to achieve her goals.

• She was afraid the Aleut hunters would return and find the canoe.

• She was afraid that the wild dogs would take it and leave the island without her.

All of these are precautions that Karana took when she spotted the Aleut ship heading towards her island, except one. Choose the one that does not belong.

• She moved her things to the cave in the ravine.

• She buried the ashes of her fire.

• She removed the marks from her feet.

• She fed the abalones to the wild dogs.

Why was Karana particularly afraid that the Aleut girl would find her?

• The Aleut men worked on the beach or hunted in their canoes all day.

• The Aleut girl was mean and Karana didn't want to deal with her.

• Karana was afraid that the Aleut girl would want to take her cormorant skirt.

• Karana was not afraid of the Aleut girl.

As Chapter 21 concludes, what did Karana find at the entrance to her cave?

• She found a whalebone hairpin.

• She found a green and gold skirt.

• She found a necklace of black stones.

• She found a dolphin.