SparkNotes: Island of the Blue Dolphins: Quiz

Who comes to the island of the blue dolphins to hunt otter?

(A) A Californian fur cartel

(B) Settlers from Virginia hoping to open new trade routes with Karana's tribe

(C) A Russian and a people known as the Aleuts

(D) Hunters from Alaska

What is Karana's brother's name?

(A) Rontu

(B) Ramo

(C) Chowig

(D) Won-a-pa-lei

What happens when the Aleuts try to leave the island?

(A) They get into a fight with Karana's people

(B) They pay for the otter they have killed and make plans to return next year

(C) They throw a party for the people of Ghalas-at to thank them for being so hospitable

(D) They attack Karana's village in the night and kill many of her friends

Why do the people of Ghalas-at believe Chowig died?

(A) Because he ate poisonous mushrooms

(B) Because he swam too far away from the shore

(C) Because he told his secret name to a stanger

Where does Kiki go in the spring after the Aleuts leave Ghalas-at?

(A) To a land across the sea to the east

(B) To attack the Aleuts

(C) To find a new chief for the village

What does Ulape put on her face before she leaves the island/

(A) The mark of her tribe

(B) Lipstick to attract a boy she likes

(C) A salve to protect her from sunburn

(D) A mark that means she is unmarried

Where does Ramo go when everyone is on their way to the ship

(A) Back to the village to get his spear

(B) Ahead to the beach so he can be the first on the ship

(C) To the spring to get water

(D) Back to the spring to get his knife

Why does Karana end up back on the island?

(A) She falls of the ship and washes ashore

(B) The ship leaves her behind (they forget to take her with them)

(C) She jumps off the ship to go back for her brother

(D) She jumps off the ship to go back for her fishing spear

Who is in the village when Karana and her brother get back there after being left behind by the ship?

(A) Chowig

(B) Foxes

(C) Matasaip

(D) The wild dogs

What happens to Karana's brother when he goes out to get a canoe?

(A) He gets lost on his way home and Karana has to go out and find him

(B) He is killed by the wild dogs

(C) He finds a new spring

(D) He meets an Aleut girl

Why does Karana hesitate to make weapons?

(A) Because the laws of her people forbid women to make weapons

(B) Because she is afraid she will hurt herself

(C) Because there are no straight trees on the island

(D) Because she should be gathering food for the winter instead

Why does Karana decide to leave Ghalas-at?

(A) Because she is out of water

(B) Because she knows the white men will not come soon because it is winter

(C) Because she knows the white men will not come for her in the summer

(D) Because she wants to try out her new canoe

What does Karana see during her trip on the ocean that helps her get home?

(A) The stars

(B) Otters

(C) The sun

(D) Dolphins

Out of what does Karana make the fence around her house?

(A) Wooden poles

(B) Whale bones

(C) Sea elephant tusks

(D) Planks from old canoes

Where does Karana build her house?

(A) Near her old village

(B) On the headland

(C) Near the wild dogs' cave

(D) On the beach

Why does Karana go to hunt sea elephants?

(A) She wants to make their teeth into spearheads

(B) She needs their skin to make clothes

(C) She has to kill them before they kill her

(D) She wants to try out her new bow

What happens when Karana goes to hunt the sea elephants?

(A) She accidentally kills two of them

(B) She kills one with her bow and arrows

(C) She runs away ad loses her spear

(D) Two of the sea elephants get into a fight, and Karana hurts herself avoiding them

What does Karana make a special spear to catch?

(A) Bass

(B) Foxes

(C) Wild dogs

(D) Devilfish

Who is Tainor?

(A) An Aleut girl who comes to Ghalas-at

(B) An otter Karana nurses back to health

(C) A bird

(D) A boy who left the island with the rest of Karana's people

What does Karana find in Black Cave?

(A) A place to store her canoe

(B) A skeleton playing a flute

(C) A skirt of Cormorant feathers

(D) A pack of wild dogs

What does Karana tell Tutok before she leaves?

(A) Her secret name

(B) Where to find the otters

(C) How much she liked having a friend

(D) The way to make a cormorant skirt

Who is Rontu-Aru?

(A) A brown dog that Karana befriends after Rontu dies

(B) An otter that Karana called Mon-a-nee before she realized it was a girl otter

(C) Ronu's son, who Karana makes into a pet

According to Karana, what sound is like the human voice?

(A) The lapping of waves on the inside of a cave

(B) The screeching of gulls

(C) Nothing in the world

(D) The sounds Rontu makes when her wants part of Karana's meal