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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Odder hone her diving skills while in captivity?
(a) In the large tank.
(b) In the small tank.
(c) She does not hone her diving skills.
(d) In the medium group otter tank.

2. What does Odder keep thinking as the humans take her in Part III?
(a) Where is the food?
(b) Fight!
(c) Help!
(d) Where is she?

3. How does Odder feel about the idea of returning to the ocean?
(a) She feels yearning and dread at the same time.
(b) She feels angry.
(c) She feels sad.
(d) She feels suspicious.

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

5. From the aquarists' point of view for the otters, at the end of the day, play is which of the following?
(a) Play.
(b) Work.
(c) Hard.
(d) Unneccesary.

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

7. What do the aquarists want Odder to do more of?
(a) Socialize.
(b) Be still.
(c) Sing.
(d) Exercise and eat.

8. What scent does Odder get for the first time in the aquarium in Part III?
(a) The scent of rays.
(b) The scent of sharks.
(c) The scent of other otters.
(d) The scent of toast.

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

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

11. What does the quick-tempered bay feel like to Odder?
(a) It feels like her mother's arms.
(b) It feels like it hates her.
(c) It does not care whether she lives or dies.
(d) It feels like a tank.

12. What does Odder perceive on her webbing?
(a) Kelp.
(b) A ring of jewelry.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A small, clamshell-sized piece of plastic.

13. What does Odder ask Gracie and Holly when she first sees them again?
(a) If there is a pup here.
(b) If her sister is here.
(c) If her mother is here.
(d) If Kairi is also here.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Odder think of the animals who care for her?

2. What does Odder think the first time she dives in the ocean?

3. Why are the two older otters permanently at Highwater?

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

5. What is worse than Odder's discomfort following the shark attack?

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