Reading Test Study Guide: Island of the Blue Dolphins Re-read the story and use your book

to answer the questions. Please answer all questions with complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper. Keep all answers in your reading folder and have it ready to turn in on Friday morning. This is a homework grade! 1. If you are standing on the headland, where are you standing? 2. What are shellfish, and where are they found? 3. What is a lair, and what types of animals might live, stay or hibernate in one? 4. If your puppy has gnawed on your shoes, what has he done to them? 5. What is kelp, and where is it found? 6. What does sinew do in your body, and why is it important? 7. What is a ravine, and where would you find one? 8. Why are the wild dogs important to the story? 9. Why did Karana (the girl) decide that she would kill the wild dogs? 10. How would you compare (how are they alike) the two building sites that Karana considered? 11. What word would you use to describe Karana? 12. Why did Karana not build in the west? 13. How did the setting (where the story takes place) affect Karanas life? 14. What else besides survival would describe the theme of this story? 15. What was one of the first things Karana did to make herself comfortable on the island? 16. Why did the author write this selection (his purpose)? 17. Find three valid generalizations throughout the story and write them down. Now, explain why the generalizations that you chose are valid. 18. Imagine that men in a ship come to the island and they find Karana after she has been there for a long time. Explain why she might find it difficult (hard) to adjust to life off the island? 19. When Karana was building her house, she used eight poles to make the roof. A sentence in the story says, These I bound together with sinew and covered with female kelp, which has broad (wide) leaves. Why did she prefer (like) to use the kelp with broad (wide) leaves? 20. The author wrote the story from Karanas point of view. This means she is telling the story as if she is telling you what happened to her herself, or talking directly to another person. Why do you think he did this?