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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 Odder know living at Highwater will spare her?
(a) The dangers of the ocean.
(b) Having a pup.
(c) Having new friends.
(d) Eating bad foods.

2. From the aquarists' point of view for the otters, at the end of the day, play is which of the following?
(a) Work.
(b) Hard.
(c) Unneccesary.
(d) Play.

3. How should humans approach a stranded otter on the beach?
(a) Warily.
(b) Not at all.
(c) Blithely.
(d) Happily.

4. What is the name of the slough where Odder lives?
(a) Horn.
(b) Milhorn.
(c) Elkhorn.
(d) Bighorn.

5. How does Applegate describe Odder's dive?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) A hypnotizing cyclone of fur and bubbles.
(c) A bell.
(d) A ruse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does hunger do to a shark's mind?

2. How do the aquarists plan to re-introduce Odder to the wild?

3. How is Odder's prognosis?

4. Who and what should humans keep away from stranded otters?

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

(see the answer key)

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