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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Outside - Maybe, Pages 165 - 218).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "way of things" with otter mothers?
(a) They move on.
(b) They love pups forever.
(c) They die soon after birth.
(d) They sing all the time.

2. What does hunger do to a shark's mind?
(a) Make it less elastic.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Focus it.
(d) Make it spotty.

3. How do the aquarists usually react when they lose an animal?
(a) They are angry.
(b) They are sad for days.
(c) They are suspicious.
(d) They are resigned.

4. Where are most of the bites on Odder?
(a) Her head.
(b) Her belly.
(c) Her tail.
(d) Her fin.

5. What does Odder's human diving companion wear?
(a) A hazmat suit.
(b) Flippers and a wetsuit.
(c) An otter costume.
(d) A swimsuit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Odder a superstar at?

2. What does otter think when she hears the familiar voices of aquarists on the beach?

3. How do otter mothers hold their young?

4. What does Odder perceive on her webbing?

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

(see the answer key)

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