What happens in chapter 29 of island of the Blue Dolphins?

Karana sees three men set up camp on the shore. Karana decides to meet them and she prepares to leave the island. She puts on her otter cape, cormorant skin dress, and black stone necklace. The men spot the smoke from her fire and visit Karana at her home.
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What happens at the end of the 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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What happened in Chapter 28 Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Karana runs home to put on her otter cape and cormorant skirt. She grabs her box with the earrings and necklace, and with Rontu-Aru, goes to Coral Cove to meet the men. She runs by the hill of her ancestors toward the men, but can no longer hear them. At her fire, there are footsteps but no people.
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What chapter was the tsunami in Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Tsunami graphic. From Wikimedia Commons.
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How many chapters are in island of the Blue Dolphin?

24. Island of the Blue Dolphins Chapter 24.
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Ch. 29-Island of the Blue Dolphins



How many years did Karana live on the island?

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. In the book she's named Karana.
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How old is Karana in Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Karana, only 12 years old at the book's beginning, turns out to be adept at hunting, building and tool-making, and quickly becomes a strong, capable young woman surviving in an unforgiving wilderness.
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Why did Karana 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.
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What happens in chapter 25 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

By Scott O'Dell

The Aleuts never return to the island and the otters start to migrate to Tall Rock during the summer. Eventually, even the otters stop their migration, which is when Karana knows that there are no otters left that remember the Aleuts.
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How does Karana catch Rontu's son?

Her tribe used the weed to catch fish. It's a sedative, not a poison, and Karana thinks it might knock the dogs out so she can sneak in and grab Rontu's son. She harvests some of it and drops it into the dogs' watering hole, but nothing happens after they drink it.
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When did Karana stop counting the moons?

Karana stops marking the passing of time that summer. Up until then, she had cut a mark in her house for every moon that passed since her brother was killed. Later, she had only marked the passing of seasons. This summer she makes no marks at all.
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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.
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How did Karana learn what happened to her tribe?

Karana tries to ask the men about the ship that brought her people to the mainland, but they don't understand her. We learn that after Karana reaches Mission Santa Barbara on the mainland, she finds out that the ship carrying her people sank. No wonder the ship never returned to rescue her.
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Who dies in Island of the Blue Dolphins?

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 happens to Karana's brother?

Once she has finished these necessities, Karana decides it is time to exact her revenge on the wild dogs that killed her brother. She used fire to scare them out of their cave, and strikes down their leader along with several others.
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What is karanas father name?

Karana, Ulape, and Ramo's father, Chowig, is the chief of the Native American tribe on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Chowig is his “secret name”; he usually goes by another name that Karana never shares with readers.
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What happens in chapter 24 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Chapter 24 of Island of the Blue Dolphins is a turning point for Karana. She rescues a couple more animals and eventually reunites with her otter friend, Mon-a-nee. After she realizes that Mon-a-nee is acting as the mother to two babies, Karana decides that she's done killing animals for good.
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What happens in Chapter 23 in Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Chapter 23: After the Aleuts

After the Aleuts leave in their ship, taking Tutok with them, Karana finds many wounded otter. This makes her sad, and she spends a few days putting the ones that are too badly wounded to live out of their misery. But then she finds a young otter that has a long gash on its back.
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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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During which season does Karana decide she must leave the island?

By Scott O'Dell

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.
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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.
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Is Karana real?

Some have called her “Karana.” Others “Juana Maria.” Still others, simply, “The Lone Woman.” Yet her true name remains unknown. She is one of the nameless, faceless women of history, and she belongs to the California of my youth. Many versions of her story exist.
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Is there a movie of the Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Island of the Blue Dolphins is a 1964 American adventure film directed by James B. Clark and written by Jane Klove and Ted Sherdeman. It is based on the 1960 novel Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell. The film stars Celia Kaye, Larry Domasin, Ann Daniel, Carlos Romero, George Kennedy and Hal John Norman.
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How did Karana survive?

Alone on the island, Karana takes on traditionally male tasks, such as hunting, making spears, and building canoes to survive. She vows to avenge her brother's death and kills several of the dogs, but has a change of heart when she encounters the leader of the pack. She tames him and names him Rontu.
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