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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the shark glad of as he swims away?
(a) He is not ill any longer.
(b) His embarrassing hunting failure went unwitnessed by other sharks.
(c) He is now able to sleep better.
(d) He is now well-fed.

2. What do the waves seem to whisper to otter?
(a) Find help.
(b) Let go.
(c) Dream.
(d) Fight!

3. What do otters do in addition to just sleeping?
(a) Ride bicycles.
(b) Dream.
(c) Study their own sleep.
(d) Share their dreams with each other.

4. What does Odder think of the sounds she hears on shore for the first time as a pup?
(a) They sound like her mother.
(b) They are gentle.
(c) They are harsh.
(d) They sound like bird calls.

5. What does Odder always want to do, even more than eating?
(a) Play.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Sing.
(d) Go on land.

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

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

8. What does one of the aquarists say to otter on the beach, though otter fails to understand the words?
(a) Win.
(b) Do not die.
(c) Hello, old friend.
(d) Fight.

9. What is Odder's mother's name?
(a) Helen.
(b) Ondine.
(c) Jazz.
(d) Twyla.

10. What kind of a place is the ocean to call home for otters?
(a) A bright one.
(b) A stale one.
(c) A safe one.
(d) A cold one.

11. Where is the first part of the story set?
(a) The Cascade Mountains.
(b) Monterey Bay.
(c) Helena.
(d) The desert in Mirao.

12. What do humans call it when otters use rocks for tasks?
(a) Tool use.
(b) Rock use.
(c) High use.
(d) Hand use.

13. What does otter accept when she hears the familiar vocies of the aquarists on the beach?
(a) The sun.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her friends.
(d) Her fate.

14. How much older than Odder is her best friend?
(a) 6 months.
(b) They are the same exact age.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 8 years.

15. What do sharks not eat as a rule?
(a) Sea Lions.
(b) Fish.
(c) Seals.
(d) Otters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Odder get so close to humans?

2. Who wrote "It is a happy talent to know how to play"?

3. About how long can an Odder stay underwater?

4. What story does Kairi love to hear from Odder repteadly?

5. What are there more of in the slough than outside of it?

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