What is Karana in black cave?

The Aleuts would return to hunt otter. Karana is fearful of them because she saw them kill her family and friends the last time they were on the island. Why would Aleut hunters return to the island?
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What does Karana do with the cave?

Karana decides to make the cave into a second home where she can stay if she is again injured or sick. She knows her ancestors used the cave because it is filled with drawing, but she does not know what for. Karana makes shelves, baskets and a bed in the cave, just as she did in her house on the headland.
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How do Karana and Rontu get trapped inside the black cave?

When she tries to paddle out of the cave, Karana sees strange tall figures, including a skeleton, on a ledge above the entrance. The tide comes in and the rising water closes off the entrance, trapping Karana and Rontu inside. They spend the night in the sea cave and paddle out with the first morning light.
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How does 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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Where does Karana bury Ramo?

Karana collects mussels at the cove, but there's still no sign of Ramo. Back at the village, the hut is empty too. Karana buries her shellfish to protect them from the dogs and takes the trail to the south end of the island. Karana finds Ramo on the ground with a circle of dogs around him.
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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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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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What type of person is Karana?

A Strong, Mature Woman. By the time the last ship arrives on the island, Karana has changed from a young, inexperienced girl into a strong, courageous, and compassionate woman.
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What is karanas father name?

Karana's father is the chief of the village. His name is Chowig. Karana finds a place to listen to Chowig talk to the Russian captain. When Chowig introduces himself to the Russian captain, he tells him his secret name.
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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.
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Why did Karana have to stay in the cave longer than she would have liked?

Why did Karana have to stay in the cave longer than she would have liked? The Aleuts were on the island. Why was Karana particularly afraid that the Aleut girl would find her? The Aleut girls might wander by the springs looking for food and might discover the cave being used and discover Karana.
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Why did Karana decide to make the cave into another house?

Karana stays in the cave for six days, leaving only to fill her basket from the spring. She decides that the cave will make a good second house, so as soon as her leg is healed, she makes the cave livable. The cave walls are covered in paintings.
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How long did Karana stay on the island?

Karana stays in the cave for six days while her leg heals. The rock walls of the cave had been decorated with figures cut in the stone by her ancestors. Karana decides to make the cave into another shelter, and she returns with food and wood when she is well.
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Why did Karana leave the cave and go to the west part of the island?

By Scott O'Dell. Karana leaves the cave at night to climb a high rock, so she can watch the Aleut fires. She doesn't fear the Aleuts so much as the girl with them.
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How did Karana preserve fish?

Karana gathers more abalones and dries them for the winter. She hangs up strings holding a bunch of shells, to keep the gulls away from them. She also dries little fish for winter light. (Fish oil burns.)
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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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How did Karana and Tutok become friends?

Tutok becomes friends with Karana when they exchange names and play games together during Tutok's short stay on the island. The friendship between the two girls is a very important one since it's based on understanding and communication with each other (even though they don't even speak the same language).
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Why was Karana alone on the island?

When her little brother Ramo gets left all alone on the island, Karana throws herself off the side of the ship to stay with her brother on the island. This tells us a lot about Karana as a character: first, of course, that she's selfless. Karana is willing to sacrifice her own safety to be with her brother.
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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 does Karana evolve and grow throughout the story?

Living alone on Ghalas-at tests her resilience, and as the story progresses, Karana grows through her experiences into harmony with herself and the world around her. On of the most important things Karana finds on her island is a capacity for understanding and forgiveness.
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Who did Karana forgive?

At that time he was angry with hunters' disrespect for life. Writing this book was one way that he dealt with this anger. Karana displayed an ability to forgive her enemies. She showed this when she made friends with Rontu, the former leader of the wild dogs who had killed Ramo, her brother.
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How is Karana resourceful?

To hold the bones together, she uses kelp from the sea, because she knows it will shrink as it dries and will hold the bones tightly together. Once her shelter and fence are done, Karana is even able to make utensils, or tools, out of stones that are around her. All of these actions show how resourceful Karana is.
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What did Karana want?

Karana is determined to kill a sea elephant with her bow and arrows. She worries about the legends she has heard about terrible things that could happen to a woman who tries to use a weapon, but she needs the sea elephant teeth for her arrows if she is to kill the pack of wild dogs that murdered her brother.
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When did Karna decide to leave the island and why?

When did Karana decide to leave the island and why? Ans: During the days of the storms , when she had given hope of seeing the ship Karana decided to leave the island because she was feeling very lonely and was terrified. 4.
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What weapons did Karana make?

Karana makes her own spearhead, bow, and arrows.
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