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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can the aquarists be confident of as they watch their otters go back to the wild?
(a) They are kind.
(b) They have taught the creatures well.
(c) They will be resistant to pollution.
(d) They will live at least 10 years.

2. What does Odder know in her heart that she owes the humans?
(a) Everything.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Her future.
(d) Her dreams.

3. What does Odder vow to change after her surgery?
(a) Her reckless behavior.
(b) Her song.
(c) Her paws.
(d) Her hair.

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

5. How often do Odder's ocean-diving lessons happen?
(a) Yearly.
(b) Once every two weeks.
(c) Almost daily.
(d) Monthly.

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

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

8. 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.

9. What does Odder learn about Kairi that is sad news?
(a) She was never found.
(b) She had the flu.
(c) She had a stillborn pup.
(d) She had twins who lived.

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

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

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

13. What kind of a species are otters?
(a) Moonstone.
(b) Markstone.
(c) Bloodstone.
(d) Keystone.

14. What do the humans do with Odder in the bigger pool several times a day?
(a) Help her float back and forth there.
(b) Introduce her to other otters there.
(c) Feed her there.
(d) Try to make her breed there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the aquarists use to simulate kelp?

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

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

4. What is the "way of things" with otter mothers?

5. What does Odder dream of one night after a perfect day of diving?

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