2. How does Applegate describe a keystone species?
(a) As nature's blight.
(b) As nature's right.
(c) As nature's glue.
(d) As nature's war.

3. What is Kairi actually holding?
(a) Food.
(b) A pup.
(c) A toy.
(d) A blanket.

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

5. What can the aquarists be confident of as they watch their otters go back to the wild?
(a) They are kind.
(b) They will live at least 10 years.
(c) They have taught the creatures well.
(d) They will be resistant to pollution.

6. What can hope be?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) A burden.
(c) Exhausting.
(d) Happy.

7. When are pups and mothers often separated?
(a) During summer.
(b) During violent storms.
(c) During shark attacks.
(d) During winter.

8. What is Kairi's new name?
(a) Helen.
(b) Renee.
(c) Jasmine.
(d) Twyla.

9. What does Odder learn about Kairi that is sad news?
(a) She was never found.
(b) She had the flu.
(c) She had twins who lived.
(d) She had a stillborn pup.

10. What does Odder forget the taste of before long?
(a) Her favorite crabs.
(b) Her mother's milk.
(c) Her fish.
(d) The salty sea.

11. How should one groom an odder pup?
(a) Carefully.
(b) Not at all.
(c) Quickly.
(d) Playfully.

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

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

14. What is all it takes to change your life forever when the ocean is your home?
(a) One mistake.
(b) One piece of kelp.
(c) One song.
(d) One sunset.

15. How does Applegate describe Odder's dive?
(a) A ruse.
(b) A butterfly.
(c) A hypnotizing cyclone of fur and bubbles.
(d) A bell.