What does Kimki decide in the spring?

In the spring, Kimki decides that he will paddle a canoe and go alone to a country many days journey to the east, to a land that he visited as a boy. He says that he will find a new place for the people of the village to live.

Who is Kimki in Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Kimki becomes chief of the village of Ghalas-at after the Aleuts kill Chief Chowig . He is a part of the village's patriarchal order (that means he is one of the male rulers of the village). He's one of the village's elders at the time he is made chief since almost no young men left after the fight with the Aleuts.

What happens in Chapter 5 of the Island of the Blue Dolphins?

When Chief Chowig confronts the hunters, a battle breaks out. Many of the villagers, including Chief Chowig, are killed before the hunters retreat to their ship and leave. In chapter five of Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell, the people of the village find a way to move on.

What happens in chapter 6 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Since the villagers can't defend themselves against another attack, a plan is made to run away to Santa Catalina if the Aleuts return. Canoes and supplies are hidden on the rocks at the south end of the island just for this reason – a quick getaway. One night, a watcher sees a ship on the water and raises the alarm.

What happens in chapter 4 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

A fight breaks out between the otter hunters and the villagers and many village men are killed. The storm brings high winds and the hunters leave the island for their ship. The dead and wounded Ghalas-at men lie on the beach at Coral Cove.

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Why did Karana decide to leave the island?

Karana left the island because she could not bear to live there alone another day; yet when she returned she felt happy.

What happens in chapter 3 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Aleuts hunt sea otters in the kelp beds around the island by paddling skin canoes to the otters' habitat. The hunters use spears to kill the otters and then skin them for their beautiful fur pelts. Karana is angry that the Aleuts are killing so many otters.

What happened in Chapter 7 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

As the villagers head for the ship, Ramo runs to his sister to tell her he needs to go back for his fishing spear. She tells him not to. At the beach, all of the men have been rowed to the ship using smaller boats. Karana asks Nanko about her brother Ramo, and Nanko says that Ramo is on the ship.

What happens in Chapter 8 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Karana finds Ramo on the ground with a circle of dogs around him. He has a big gash in his throat – and he's dead. She carries his body back to the village, followed by the pack of dogs, and puts Ramo in the hut. Karana follows the dogs as they retreat back up a hill to their cave.

What happens in chapter 9 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

In chapter nine of ''Island of the Blue Dolphins'' by Scott O'Dell, Karana has to learn to live alone on the island after her brother is killed by a pack of wild dogs.

What does Karana do after she decides to no longer live in the village?

Karana decides she does not want to live in the village by herself so she burns all the houses to the ground. She finds a large rock on a headland about a mile and a half from Coral Cove and sets up camp there.

What is the mark Ulape draws on her face and what does the mark mean?

Ulape draw a mark in blue clay across her face to signal that she in unmarried. A storm is gathering, and so they must be quick, lest the white men's ship run against the rocks.

Why was the Chief Killed island of the Blue Dolphins?

He negotiates for his people with the Aleuts. As he tells his daughter, he believes the Aleuts are incapable of friendship (2.7), and soon he gets killed by the Russian men.

What is karanas real name?

In the book she's named Karana. Her birth name is lost to history, but she's often referred to as the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island or as Juana María, the name under which she was baptized before burial at Mission Santa Barbara.

Is the Island of the Blue Dolphins based on a true story?

It is based on the true story of Juana Maria, a Nicoleño Native American left alone for 18 years on San Nicolas Island during the 19th century. Island of the Blue Dolphins won the Newbery Medal in 1961. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1964. O'Dell later wrote a sequel, Zia, published in 1976.

What happens in chapter 10 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

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Karana spends the summer watching for the ship to come back. But when winter arrives, she gives up hope. Karana becomes more and more lonely. After a storm hits the island, she decides to take one of the smaller canoes and go east across the ocean, to where her people have gone.

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.

How did Karana get stranded on the island?

Karana has been alone on the island for many years after she jumped off the ship that took her people to the mainland after realizing her brother had missed the same boat. A few days later, her brother is killed by wild dogs, and she is left alone on the island.

Why does Karana decide to go back to the scene of the seal battle?

She was hurt and unable to walk. Why does she go back to the scene of the seal battle? In this chapter, Karana decides to try and get rid of the wild dogs.

What does Karana do when she realizes her brother Ramo is not on the ship?

Karana's little brother, Ramo, slips away to their house to retrieve a spear. When Karana realizes he is not on the ship, she jumps overboard and swims ashore as the ship is sailing away.

Why did Karana burn the village?

Answers 1. Karana had too many memories of the village and its people..... people who'd left, and people who were dead. She no longer wanted to live with the memories..... the memories left her lonely and sad.

What happens in Island of the Blue Dolphins Chapter 1?

Island of the Blue Dolphins opens with Karana's memory of the day the Aleut ship came to Ghalas-at. She and her brother Ramo spot the ship approaching the village. A group of the strangers lands on the shore, bringing with them Captain Orlov, a Russian who has come to the island to hunt otter.

How many chapters are in Island of the Blue Dolphins?

24. Island of the Blue Dolphins Chapter 24.