Transcript Island of the Blue Dolphins Study Guide What are Shellfish?  What is a headland?

Island of the Blue Dolphins
Study Guide
What are Shellfish?
 What
is a headland?
 What
is gnawed?
 What
is a lair?
 What
is kelp?
 What
is a ravine?
 What
is sinew?
 Why
are the wild dogs important to the
story?
 How
would you compare the two
building sites that Karana considered?
 Why
did Karana decide that she would
kill the wild dogs?

How would you describe Karana?
 How
did the story’s setting affect
Karana’s life?
 Why
did Karana not build in the west?

What is a theme of the story?
 Which
did Karana do first?
 What
is the most likely reason the
author wrote the selection?
 What
is a valid generalization for the
story??