How did Karana get a new dog after Rontus death?

How did Karana get a new dog after Rontu's death? She put a mixture into the spring water to make the dogs go to sleep. Their ship had sunk in the storm, then their was no other ship.
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What did Karana name her new dog?

Karana finds the gray dog with the yellow eyes among the sleeping pack and brings him home. She names him Rontu-Aru, "Son of Rontu," and the two become fast friends.
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What happens between Karana and the dog at the end of the selection?

The dogs run out a few at a time, but Karana saves her arrows for the leader of the pack. When he comes, Karana hits him in the chest with an arrow. She turns and kills two other dogs with her remaining arrows.
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How did Karana get the dogs to come out of the cave?

Karana's plan to take out the pack is pretty simple: she'll light a fire at the mouth of their cave and wait with her bow to shoot the dogs as they come out. The dogs don't come out until after the fire goes out, though, and they come out slowly.
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What does Karana do with Rontu after he dies?

Karana puts Rontu down, but he does not want to chase the birds. Soon afterward, he is dead. Karana buries him on the headland, covering his grave with colored pebbles and a stick he liked to chase.
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Island of the Blue Dolphins-Chapter 22



What killed Rontu?

Rontu and Forgiveness

At the end of Chapter 8, Karana vows revenge against the dog pack for killing her brother (8.50). We see that she manages to shoot Rontu in the chest in Chapter 15.
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What caused Rontu's death?

Rontu gets attacked by the devilfish. Rontu walks the cliffs with Karana. When the Aleuts return to town, Rontu meets up with his former owner, Tutok. Rontu dies.
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What did Karana do when she found the wounded dog?

She doesn't seem to know. Karana eventually decides to pick up the wounded dog and carry him home. There, she removes the tip of the arrow and cleans his wound with a "peeled stick from a coral bush" (15.27).
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Where did Karana believe the leader of the wild dogs came from?

Where does karana believe the leader of the wild dogs came from ? He came from the Aleuts and he was left behind.
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Is Island of the Blue Dolphins a true story?

Island of the Blue Dolphins is a work of historical fiction based on the life of an American Indian woman who spent 18 years in isolation on San Nicolas Island, one of eight Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California.
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What happens at the end of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Soon after, an earthquake hits the island and though her canoes are destroyed, Karana and Rontu-Aru survive. Two more years pass and Karana finally gets her happy ending.
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How did Karana tame Rontu?

Rontu walks to Karana's feet and dies. Later, Karana spots a wild dog that looks like Rontu. She decides he must be Rontu's son. Karana traps him and trains him, calling him Rontu-Aru.
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Why do you think Karana adopted the two baby birds What did she name them?

Karana names the larger of the two birds Tainor, after a young man she liked that was killed by the Aleuts; she names the smaller one Lurai, which is the name she would have liked instead of Karana.
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What does Rontu look like?

Unlike the other dogs, which have brown fur and brown eyes, Rontu has yellow eyes and gray fur (he is also much larger than the average dog of the island). Though Rontu and Karana are enemies at the beginning of the novel, they become friends after Karana injures Rontu and then nurses him back to health.
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How old is Ramo in Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Ramo is a curious and mischievous six-year-old boy who is the proud informant of everything that happens on the island.
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What happened in chapter 17 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

After a fierce battle, Rontu leaves one of the dogs with a broken leg and the other fatally wounded. Rontu howls victoriously at the top of the mound and returns to Karana's home. After that, the pack splits into two, but never returns to Karana's home.
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What happened in chapter 16 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Chapter 16 of Island of the Blue Dolphins covers a lot of ground -- almost an entire year. Karana finds a hiding place in case the Aleuts come back to the island, finds and repairs a canoe to be seaworthy, and eventually finds the best cave on the island.
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What happened in chapter 14 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Chapter 14: Injured and Alone

For five days, Karana cannot leave her house because her leg is so swollen. She has plenty of food, but her water starts to run low on the third day, and by the fifth it is completely gone. She must get to the spring or die of thirst.
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How does Karana get injured?

The young bull Karana targeted is tackled from the side by the bull hose cow he had threatened, and a fierce battle ensues. As the two sea elephants fight on the shore, Karana, attempting to move out of their way, injures her leg.
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What happens in chapter 18 of island of the Blue Dolphins?

In Chapter 18, Karana is enjoying spring on the island. The flowers are blooming and birds are singing in a way that she can't help but appreciate the beauty around her. After two birds with red heads and yellow bodies build a nest nearby, Karana watches the pair take turns sitting on their eggs.
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What sea creature does Karana attempt to spear in Chapter 19?

Rontu notices the giant devilfish in shallow water, and Karana launches her barbed spear at the eight-armed animal. At first she thinks that she missed her target, but then Karana sees that the devilfish is hooked.
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What is Xuchal made of?

She then puts xuchal in the drinking water—a mixture of ground seashells and wild tobacco (tobacco weed).
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Who dies in the island of Blue Dolphin?

Rontu, in Island of the Blue Dolphins, dies next to Karana after leaving her to return to his former cave home, and becoming too weak to return to...
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What does Mon-A-Nee mean?

Karana names the otter Mon-a-nee, which means "Little Boy with Large Eyes." Mon-a-nee is difficult to keep fed, however, and after three days that Karana cannot feed him because the sea is too rough to fish, she returns to the tide pool to find that he has gone back to the ocean.
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