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

2. What is Odder a superstar at?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Singing.
(c) Tool use.
(d) Diving.

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

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

5. 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 staying forever.
(d) The otter is going to die soon.

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 does Odder think of the animals who care for her?
(a) They are mystifying, but kind.
(b) They are mean.
(c) They are like fish.
(d) They are too small.

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

9. What do the aquarists use to teach and play with otters?
(a) Musical instruments.
(b) Shells, algae, urchins, and rocks.
(c) Computers.
(d) Wood.

10. What is it called when otters link themselves together?
(a) A raft.
(b) A float.
(c) A fleet.
(d) A moat.

11. Who tells Odder the animals taking care of her are called humans?
(a) Helen.
(b) Holly.
(c) Henry.
(d) Herbert.

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

13. How do the aquarists plan to re-introduce Odder to the wild?
(a) Bring her to the ocean one day and leave her there.
(b) They do not want to bring her back to the wild.
(c) They will have other otters show her how to survive in the wild.
(d) Let her explore the ocean with them until she is ready to do it on her own.

14. What do the aquarists put at the bottom of Odder's practice pool to entice her to dive?
(a) Her bottle.
(b) Her towel.
(c) Clams and mussels.
(d) Her mother.

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. Why are the two older otters permanently at Highwater?

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

3. Nothing the humans do for Odder is quite right, but it is which of the following?

4. What does Odder keep thinking as the humans take her in Part III?

5. How often do Odder's ocean-diving lessons happen?

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