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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do humans think is the best approach to teaching otters how to live?
(a) Pretending to be otters themselves.
(b) Feeding them lightly.
(c) Making them listen to music.
(d) Making them work hard.

2. Why do the aquarists X-ray Odder?
(a) They want to release her back to the wild.
(b) They do not X-ray Odder.
(c) They think she is pregnant.
(d) They are worried about her health.

3. Nothing the humans do for Odder is quite right, but it is which of the following?
(a) Completely wrong.
(b) Right enough.
(c) Harmful.
(d) Mean-spirited.

4. What does Holly say about Odder's movements?
(a) They are still Odder's.
(b) They are quick.
(c) They are jerky.
(d) They are as slow as hers and Gracie's now.

5. What takes all of Odder's strength to do at first?
(a) Play.
(b) Eat.
(c) Dive.
(d) Dream.

6. What does Odder think human bodies offer?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Lots of opportunities for humiliation.
(c) Fragility.
(d) Friendship.

7. What does Odder not realize at first about the ocean floor?
(a) It is very dangerous.
(b) It is the ultimate otter restaurant.
(c) It is too deep for her.
(d) It is too dark for her.

8. What does Odder fight in her dreams?
(a) Kairi.
(b) A ray.
(c) A shark.
(d) The ocean.

9. What kind of a species are otters?
(a) Markstone.
(b) Moonstone.
(c) Keystone.
(d) Bloodstone.

10. Who are the otters who are older and at Highwater?
(a) Gracie and Henry.
(b) Gracie and Holly.
(c) Holly and Win.
(d) Win and Jasmine.

11. What does Odder vow to change after her surgery?
(a) Her reckless behavior.
(b) Her song.
(c) Her hair.
(d) Her paws.

12. What does Odder sense during her first few days at Highwater, but she never actually sees?
(a) Humans.
(b) Other otters.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Octopuses.

13. Why does Odder keep going back to Highwater with her diving teacher?
(a) She is good friends with Gracie and Holly.
(b) She knows he will take care of her.
(c) She can not search for food herself.
(d) She knows her mother is at Highwater.

14. What kind of sounds do the humans make every time Odder eats?
(a) Relieved murmering sounds.
(b) Singing sounds.
(c) Shouts.
(d) No sounds at all.

15. What do the humans put on Odder's webbing?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Kelp.
(c) A ring of jewelry.
(d) A tag.

Short Answer Questions

1. When are pups and mothers often separated?

2. What does Odder know living at Highwater will spare her?

3. From the aquarists' point of view for the otters, at the end of the day, play is which of the following?

4. What decision do the aquarists reach about Odder?

5. What does one of the older otters say to Odder when she says she already knows how to dive?

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