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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Odder learn to be an otter?
(a) The Kelp Mark.
(b) The store.
(c) Highwater.
(d) The ocean.

2. What does Applegate compare a shark taste-testing things to?
(a) A human at a buffet.
(b) A baby llama.
(c) An otter all the time.
(d) A bird with seed.

3. Which of Odder's friends is very cautious?
(a) Helen.
(b) Henry.
(c) Kairi.
(d) Michael.

4. What does otter think when she hears the familiar voices of aquarists on the beach?
(a) She will see her mother soon.
(b) She is embarrassed.
(c) She is triumphant.
(d) She has failed.

5. How long does Odder's surgery take?
(a) A day.
(b) About 30 minutes.
(c) Hours.
(d) She does not have surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Kairi does the shark nip?

2. What do Odder and her best friend sometimes call each other as a nickname?

3. What does Applegate compare the shark to in Part I?

4. How does Odder's cage smell?

5. How does Odder move following the shark attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unique about Odder's personality as a pup?

2. What is Kairi worried about concerning Odder's interactions with humans?

3. What does hunger do to a shark's mind?

4. Why does the shark attack Kairi and not Odder?

5. Why do otters groom their fur so assiduously?

6. What do otters do with their pups when they look for food?

7. Why do humans prefer to assign numbers to otters instead of names?

8. What did Otter once learn at Highwater?

9. What is one of the most important ways otters communicate with each other?

10. Why is Odder worried about Kairi when she sees Kairi shivering?

(see the answer keys)

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