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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. About how big was Odder when she was first taken to Highwater?
(a) 10 pounds.
(b) 1 pound.
(c) 8 pounds.
(d) 3 pounds.

4. What is the usual pattern of an otter's life?
(a) Eat, groom, sleep, and play.
(b) Eat, groom, reproduce, hibernate, and play.
(c) Mostly groom.
(d) Mostly sleep.

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

6. Why do the aquarists only give otters numbered names, at least at first?
(a) Because they are shorter to say.
(b) Because they like numbers better than letters.
(c) There is no reason.
(d) So other humans do not feel as attached to them.

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

8. How do otter mothers hold their young?
(a) On their stomachs as they float.
(b) On their heads.
(c) In their tail.
(d) They do not hold their young.

9. What animals do humans NOT pity?
(a) Otters.
(b) Clams.
(c) Crabs.
(d) Sharks.

10. Who and what should humans keep away from stranded otters?
(a) Sun.
(b) Dogs and other humans who want to get too close.
(c) Rain.
(d) Wind.

11. Who does the shark attack first?
(a) Helen.
(b) Kairi.
(c) Michele.
(d) Henry.

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

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

14. How is Odder's prognosis?
(a) Grim.
(b) There is no prognosis.
(c) Very encouraging.
(d) Decent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do humans call it when otters use rocks for tasks?

2. How does Odder move following the shark attack?

3. What does Applegate compare the shark to in Part I?

4. What does Odder think about the staff at the aquarium?

5. Why does the shark release Odder from his jaws?

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