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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "way of things" with otter mothers?
(a) They die soon after birth.
(b) They sing all the time.
(c) They love pups forever.
(d) They move on.

2. What does Odder vow to do if she finds Kairi in Highwater?
(a) Make up new stories for her.
(b) Groom her.
(c) Take care of her baby.
(d) Hug her.

3. What does Odder see on the horizon once while ocean diving that catches her attention?
(a) A sunset.
(b) A storm.
(c) Wild otters.
(d) Sharks.

4. What is it called when otters link themselves together?
(a) A moat.
(b) A float.
(c) A fleet.
(d) A raft.

5. What does Odder think of the animals who care for her?
(a) They are too small.
(b) They are mystifying, but kind.
(c) They are mean.
(d) They are like fish.

6. What takes longer for Odder once she starts on solid food?
(a) Playing.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Grooming.

7. What do the aquarists use to teach and play with otters?
(a) Wood.
(b) Musical instruments.
(c) Computers.
(d) Shells, algae, urchins, and rocks.

8. What do the aquarists use to simulate kelp?
(a) Strands of fabric like at the car wash.
(b) Pine cones.
(c) Basil.
(d) Palm fronds.

9. To the aquarists, what is every hour with humans for otters?
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) An hour otters might become more attached to them, and thus less equipped to return to the wild.
(c) Fun.
(d) Work.

10. What does Odder think is a bit embarrassing?
(a) When the aquarists use the net to catch her in her tank.
(b) When the aquarists groom her.
(c) When she loses her hair.
(d) When the aquarists feed her.

11. What could Odder never seem to stop searching for, even though she had left them behind?
(a) Sunsets.
(b) Books.
(c) Humans.
(d) Rivers.

12. What does Odder know living at Highwater will spare her?
(a) The dangers of the ocean.
(b) Having new friends.
(c) Eating bad foods.
(d) Having a pup.

13. What does Odder think Kairi is holding?
(a) A pup.
(b) Food.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A toy.

14. What does Odder's human diving companion wear?
(a) A hazmat suit.
(b) Flippers and a wetsuit.
(c) An otter costume.
(d) A swimsuit.

15. What does Odder think the first time she dives in the ocean?
(a) She was born for this.
(b) She is not ready for this.
(c) She is angry this took so long.
(d) She wants to see Kairi again.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where can Odder play for the first time that is beautiful and that Odder appreciates in Part IV?

3. What kind of a species are otters?

4. What does Odder feel about the humans after meeting the two older otters for the first time?

5. What feeling does Odder immediately have during her first ocean dive?

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