Chapters 26, 27, 28 and 29 THE END!

Please choose TWO questions to answer.

1. Provide a definition of "vanquished". Find the word within the chapters and type the sentence. Use the word in a new sentence.

2. Karana made a mixture called "xuchal". a) What is it made of? b) How did it help her capture the dog she wanted?

3. What did she name her new dog, and what does the name mean?

4. How did Karana shield her eyes from the sun?

5. What happened when Karana went to sleep under her canoe?

6. How did Karana escape the tidal wave?

7. What happened as Karana was coming back from the spring?

8. What did Karana lose from the great waves?

9. Where did Karana get wood to build a new canoe?

10. What did Karana see when she went to gather seaweed?

11. Describe Karana's thoughts and feelings as she was deciding whether or not to hide.

12. Was Karana rescued? - Why?

13. How long was it before the ship returned?

14. Karana painted marks on her nose - what did they indicate?

15. The man in the gray robe wore an ornament around his neck. Who was this man, and what do you think this ornament was?

16. What had happened to the ship that had taken her people away from the island many years ago?

17. How long had Karana lived on the island alone? Karana is known in history as ___________.

18. The Island of the Blue Dolphins is also known as "La Isla de San Nicolas." It is part of what group of islands? Where is the island located?

19. Provide a definition of "notched". Find the word within the chapters and type the sentence. Use the word in a new sentence.

Island of the Blue Dolphins

Chapter 24 and 25 Questions

1) Who are Tainor and Lurai, and why did Rontu hide from them?

2) Who made up Karana's new family?

3) Why did Karana change the otter's name to Won-a-nee?

4) What made Karana decide never to kill another animal?

5) Why did the herd of otter leave Coral Cove in the summertime? And what does it mean when they no longer leave the cove in the summer?

6) How did Karana keep track of the days and years she lived alone on the island?

7) Rontu went off and did not return. Where did Karana find him and in what condition?