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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. About how long can an Odder stay underwater?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) 6 to 7 minutes.
(c) 30 seconds.
(d) 3 minutes.

2. What does Odder think about the staff at the aquarium?
(a) They are first-rate.
(b) They are not very smart.
(c) They are faceless.
(d) They have no sense of humor.

3. What is the usual pattern of an otter's life?
(a) Mostly sleep.
(b) Eat, groom, sleep, and play.
(c) Eat, groom, reproduce, hibernate, and play.
(d) Mostly groom.

4. Why does Odder get so close to humans?
(a) Fear.
(b) She wants food from them.
(c) She does not know herself.
(d) Curiosity and a little bit of affection.

5. What does otter accept when she hears the familiar vocies of the aquarists on the beach?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her mother.
(c) The sun.
(d) Her fate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the otters need, in general, to survive?

2. Where did Odder learn to be an otter?

3. Why does the shark release Odder from his jaws?

4. How does Odder's cage smell?

5. Who does Odder think would have liked her mother if they had had a chance to meet?

(see the answer key)

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