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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What do otters do in addition to just sleeping?
(a) Share their dreams with each other.
(b) Dream.
(c) Ride bicycles.
(d) Study their own sleep.
2. Where did Odder learn to be an otter?
(a) The store.
(b) The Kelp Mark.
(c) Highwater.
(d) The ocean.
3. What do otters sometimes ingest that makes them sick?
(a) Sting rays.
(b) Kelp.
(c) Plastic trash.
(d) Clams.
4. What do humans call it when otters use rocks for tasks?
(a) Rock use.
(b) Tool use.
(c) Hand use.
(d) High use.
5. Who is Odder's best friend?
(a) Kairi.
(b) Mike.
(c) Henry.
(d) Helen.
6. About how heavy is Odder?
(a) 45 pounds.
(b) 90 pounds.
(c) 20 pounds.
(d) 70 punds.
7. What do the humans call Odder at first?
(a) Minnow.
(b) Pup.
(c) Helen.
(d) #156.
8. How should humans approach a stranded otter on the beach?
(a) Blithely.
(b) Warily.
(c) Happily.
(d) Not at all.
9. What kind of humans does Odder love?
(a) Fisherpeople.
(b) Marathoners.
(c) Kayakers.
(d) Children.
10. What is Odder's mother's name?
(a) Ondine.
(b) Helen.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Twyla.
11. What is the usual pattern of an otter's life?
(a) Eat, groom, sleep, and play.
(b) Mostly groom.
(c) Mostly sleep.
(d) Eat, groom, reproduce, hibernate, and play.
12. How long does Odder's surgery take?
(a) A day.
(b) About 30 minutes.
(c) She does not have surgery.
(d) Hours.
13. What does Odder always want to do, even more than eating?
(a) Go on land.
(b) Sing.
(c) Play.
(d) Sleep.
14. What are there more of in the slough than outside of it?
(a) Humans.
(b) Hens.
(c) Mulberries.
(d) Trees.
15. Where is the first part of the story set?
(a) Helena.
(b) Monterey Bay.
(c) The desert in Mirao.
(d) The Cascade Mountains.
Short Answer Questions
1. How do otter mothers hold their young?
2. What do otters turn frolicking into?
3. What does Ondine wake to on day 32 of Odder's life?
4. What does the shark "wear" as he retreats to deeper waters?
5. What do otters do with pups when they dive for food?
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