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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Odder think of solid food?
(a) It is delicious.
(b) It is bad.
(c) It tastes like towels.
(d) It tastes synthetic.

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

6. What do humans think is the best approach to teaching otters how to live?
(a) Pretending to be otters themselves.
(b) Feeding them lightly.
(c) Making them work hard.
(d) Making them listen to music.

7. What decision do the aquarists reach about Odder?
(a) They will euthanize her.
(b) They will keep her at Highwater forever.
(c) They will release her soon
(d) They will try to breed her.

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

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

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

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

12. What is impossible for Odder to do concerning the big clumsy creatures that are the humans?
(a) Hate them.
(b) Love them.
(c) Decipher them and their meanings.
(d) Leave them.

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

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

15. What is worse than Odder's discomfort following the shark attack?
(a) Her dreams.
(b) Her ridicule.
(c) Her regret.
(d) Her eating habits.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Odder hone her diving skills while in captivity?

5. What is Odder a superstar at?

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