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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Confusion - Too Close, Pages 55 - 110).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one effect of Odder's fur?
(a) It makes her less friendly.
(b) It makes her prickly.
(c) It makes her buoyant.
(d) It makes her cooler.

2. What does Odder think of the sounds she hears on shore for the first time as a pup?
(a) They are harsh.
(b) They sound like her mother.
(c) They sound like bird calls.
(d) They are gentle.

3. How long is Odder?
(a) 1.2. meters.
(b) 2.6 meters.
(c) 3 meters.
(d) 4 meters.

4. What kind of a place is the ocean to call home for otters?
(a) A safe one.
(b) A cold one.
(c) A bright one.
(d) A stale one.

5. Why does the shark fail to get an otter, or even two of them?
(a) He is injured.
(b) He is an adolescent.
(c) He is not very smart.
(d) He is slow with the hunger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals do humans NOT pity?

2. What does Applegate compare Odder to when she was a pup?

3. About how long can an Odder stay underwater?

4. What is the usual pattern of an otter's life?

5. Who does Odder say is responsible for killing otters in the past?

(see the answer key)

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