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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the first thing Odder says to Kairi?
(a) She has missed Kairi.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She loves Kairi.
(d) She is sad.

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

9. Where can Odder play for the first time that is beautiful and that Odder appreciates in Part IV?
(a) The rooftop pool.
(b) The pup pool.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The sandbox.

10. What does Odder dream of one night after a perfect day of diving?
(a) Her friend Kairi.
(b) A newborn female pup.
(c) Gracie.
(d) Her mother.

11. What do the aquarists feel once they reach their decision about Odder?
(a) They will pay for this.
(b) They are making a mistake.
(c) People will not like this choice.
(d) They have let her down.

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

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

14. What becomes harder for Odder to recall the longer she is in the aquarium?
(a) Her life before coming there.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What scent does Odder get for the first time in the aquarium in Part III?

2. What do the aquarists use to teach and play with otters?

3. What does Odder eventually shed at Highwater?

4. What can the aquarists be confident of as they watch their otters go back to the wild?

5. What does Odder's human diving companion wear?

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