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

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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What did Karana make in Chapter 12?

Karana kills two of the dogs, but not the leader. Once the house is built, Karana starts to make other things she'll need to survive. She weaves a basket for water and makes some utensils. She also digs a fire pit in the house and carves out shelves in the rock.
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What happened in Chapter 13 in Island of the Blue Dolphins?

In chapter 13, Karana has gone to the cliffs to kill a bull sea elephant to make arrows from their teeth. According to Karana, a sea elephant is a type of seal that weighs as much as thirty men. Usually, it takes several men to net a sea elephant.
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What does Ulape signal with the mark she draws across her face in blue clay?

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.
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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.
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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.
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Who is Ulape in Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Ulape is the girly sister of Karana. She's the one who notices the Aleut girl in the first group of hunters who visit the island. At the beginning of the book, she's Karana's best friend.
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What color eyes does the leader of the wild dogs have?

Rontu. The leader of the pack of wild dogs that lives on Ghalas-at, Rontu was brought to the island by the Aleuts. 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).
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What did Ulape discover that caused so much excitement in the village?

What did Ulape discover that caused so much excitement in the village? a school of white fish.
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Who is Ramo and how old is he?

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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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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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 decide not to keep the bracelets and beads that she recovered from the chest?

Why do you think she threw the jewels away instead of keeping them? They brought back memories of the dead men and the Aleuts. It was against the law of the tribe for women to make weapons.
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Why has Captain Orlov and the Aleuts come to the island?

Captain Orlov is the leader of the Russian hunters who come to the Island of the Blue Dolphins to hunt for otters. He's a shifty guy who promises that he has come in peace, but in the end, he betrays Chief Chowig.
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How is Ulape vain?

Ulape is Karana's older sister. At 14, Ulape is “vain,” according to Karana, and she owns many more jewelry pieces. Ulape also dresses up to leave the island and puts a mark on her face that signifies she's unmarried—though Karana knows she's in love with Nanko.
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What happened to Ulape in island of the Blue Dolphins?

Karana learns that Ulape's boat sank before reaching land.
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What does Karana find when she goes to the spot where she hears dogs barking?

On her way there, she hears the barking of dogs off in the distance. When Karana reaches the spot the noise is coming from, she finds Ramo dead, surrounded by the pack of dogs.
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What does Karana's dog's name mean?

To her surprise, Karana is somewhat disappointed, and begins to call out for the dog. When she enters her house, however, she finds the dog inside. That night she sleeps inside the house and decides to name the dog Rontu, which means Fox Eyes.
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What happens 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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What happens in chapter 15 of Island of the Blue Dolphins?

Chapter 15 of Island of the Blue Dolphins is all about Karana finding her new friend, Rontu. She starts off with plans of revenge against the dogs that killed her brother, and she does take down a few of them.
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