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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the older otters say it means when the aquarists name an otter with a name and not a number?
(a) The otter is pregnant.
(b) The otter is friendly.
(c) The otter is going to die soon.
(d) The otter is staying forever.

3. What do the aquarists name Odder?
(a) Maureen.
(b) Helen.
(c) Twyla.
(d) Jazz.

4. 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.

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

6. What feeling does Odder immediately have during her first ocean dive?
(a) Joy.
(b) Panic.
(c) Suspicion.
(d) Anger.

7. 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 sandbox.
(d) The ocean.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To the aquarists, what is every hour with humans for otters?

2. What takes longer for Odder once she starts on solid food?

3. How does Applegate describe Odder's dive?

4. What does Odder vow to do if she finds Kairi in Highwater?

5. What does Odder ask Gracie and Holly when she first sees them again?

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