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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Odder's surgery take?
(a) A day.
(b) Hours.
(c) She does not have surgery.
(d) About 30 minutes.

2. What do otters sometimes ingest that makes them sick?
(a) Sting rays.
(b) Clams.
(c) Plastic trash.
(d) Kelp.

3. What does Applegate compare Odder to when she was a pup?
(a) A dog.
(b) A shark.
(c) An inflatable balloon.
(d) A doll.

4. What is the aquarium in the bay called?
(a) Brightwater.
(b) Highwater.
(c) Clearwater.
(d) Wellwater.

5. What does Ondine wake to on day 32 of Odder's life?
(a) The sea looking bright and warm.
(b) The sea looking polluted.
(c) The smell of a storm.
(d) The smell of a shark.

6. What do otters do with pups when they dive for food?
(a) Take them with them.
(b) Tie them into kelp.
(c) Leave them with friends.
(d) Leave them on shore.

7. How long is Odder?
(a) 4 meters.
(b) 1.2. meters.
(c) 3 meters.
(d) 2.6 meters.

8. What is the most important lesson Ondine shares with Odder?
(a) How to sing.
(b) How to find friends.
(c) What to play with.
(d) What to fear.

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

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

11. Who has named Odder "Odder"?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her friend.
(d) Her sister.

12. Why does the shark release Odder from his jaws?
(a) She is not the kind of animal he eats.
(b) She has too much blubber.
(c) She fights too hard.
(d) She is too big.

13. What do the humans call Odder at first?
(a) Pup.
(b) Helen.
(c) Minnow.
(d) #156.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Odder go back towards the shark?

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

3. What advice does Odder hear in her head following the shark attack?

4. What does Applegate compare a shark taste-testing things to?

5. What animals do humans NOT pity?

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