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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Small - Author's Note, Pages 219 - 271).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Applegate compare a shark taste-testing things to?
(a) A baby llama.
(b) An otter all the time.
(c) A bird with seed.
(d) A human at a buffet.

2. How does Odder feel about the idea of returning to the ocean?
(a) She feels angry.
(b) She feels yearning and dread at the same time.
(c) She feels sad.
(d) She feels suspicious.

3. What does Odder ask Kairi about the pup the aquarists put in her pool?
(a) Why are pups so beautiful?
(b) What was she supposed to do with it?
(c) Why are pups so ugly?
(d) Why did they give it to her?

4. Who wrote "It is a happy talent to know how to play"?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) U2.
(c) Lizzo.
(d) James Joyce.

5. What does the shark "wear" as he retreats to deeper waters?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) A hat.
(c) The scent of his victims.
(d) The towel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be difficult about Highwater once you have checked in?

2. How is Odder's prognosis?

3. What does Odder think of the sounds she hears on shore for the first time as a pup?

4. What kind of humans does Odder love?

5. What do the new animals who have taken Odder as a pup do to her?

(see the answer key)

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