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

2. What do otters turn frolicking into?
(a) A science.
(b) A song.
(c) An art.
(d) A show.

3. What does otter think when she hears the familiar voices of aquarists on the beach?
(a) She will see her mother soon.
(b) She is triumphant.
(c) She has failed.
(d) She is embarrassed.

4. How does Odder move following the shark attack?
(a) Fast.
(b) Exactly the same as before the attack.
(c) Jerkily.
(d) She does not move at all; she sinks.

5. When are pups and mothers often separated?
(a) During summer.
(b) During violent storms.
(c) During winter.
(d) During shark attacks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the humans put on Odder's webbing?

2. What do otters do in addition to just sleeping?

3. What famous movie about sharks does Applegate reference in this section?

4. What do humans think is the best approach to teaching otters how to live?

5. Why do the aquarists only give otters numbered names, at least at first?

(see the answer key)

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