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Island of Blue Dolphins

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  • What gift does the Aleut girl leave for Karana at the from of the cave?
    A necklace
  • Why does Karana go to hunt sea elephants?
    She wants to make their teeth into spearheads
  • What does Ulape signal with the mark she draws across her face in blue clay?
    She is unmarried
  • How does Karana catch Rontu-Aru, the dog she believes to be the son of Rontu?
    She drugs him
  • What does Karana make for Tutok?
    A circlet of shells (a necklace)
  • What is the main reason that Karana leaves her home on the island at the end of the novel?
    She is lonely
  • Karana makes a fence around her home, what does she use to make it?
    Whale bones
  • Who is Mon-a-nee?
    A wounded otter
  • What tasty animal does Karana make a special spear for the sake of catching?
    Devil fish (octopus)
  • Who is Tainor?
    a bird
  • What does Karana tell Tutok before she leaves?
    Her secret name
  • How old is Karana when the book begins?
    12
  • Why is Karana upset the second time the Aleuts leave the island?
    They leave behind many dead and wounded otter
  • What do Chowig and Orlov agree to do with the otters the Aleuts kill?
    Split them evenly
  • How is the boat that comes to rescue the villagers different from the Aleuts boat?
    It has white sails
  • What does Karana find in Black Cave?
    A skeleton playing the flute
  • What does the Island of Blue Dolphins resemble in shape?
    a fish
  • Why is Karana hesitant about making weapons at first?
    Her tribe's moral code forbids women making weapons
  • What does Karana do before leaving the village forever?
    Burn the houses
  • What does every member of Karana's tribe have two of?
    Names
  • What does the new chief, Kimki, decree that women must do?
    Perform traditional male jobs
  • Karana tries to sail away on a canoe but she decides to turn back, what follows her back to the island?
    Dolphins
  • How does Karana's first attempt to kill a sea elephant end?
    Karana is injured
  • Who goes alone to prepare a new place in the East for the people of Ghalas-at?
    Kimki