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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. Why does Kairi want to turn back into the slough?
(a) She wants to check on her mother.
(b) She wants to check on her pup.
(c) She is too hot in the sun.
(d) She is afraid of the dangers of the bay.

2. Where does the storm in Part II leave Odder?
(a) On the shore.
(b) In the cave.
(c) Near sharks.
(d) Near a kayaker.

3. How long does Odder's surgery take?
(a) A day.
(b) She does not have surgery.
(c) Hours.
(d) About 30 minutes.

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

5. What do the otters need, in general, to survive?
(a) All the help they can get.
(b) Very hot weather.
(c) Music.
(d) A hairbrush.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how long can an Odder stay underwater?

2. What does one of the aquarists say to otter on the beach, though otter fails to understand the words?

3. How does Applegate describe an otter's jaws?

4. Who has named Odder "Odder"?

5. Why does Odder go back towards the shark?

(see the answer key)

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