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

2. How much older than Odder is her best friend?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) They are the same exact age.
(d) 6 months.

3. What do the waves seem to whisper to otter?
(a) Let go.
(b) Dream.
(c) Find help.
(d) Fight!

4. What is the most important lesson Ondine shares with Odder?
(a) How to sing.
(b) How to find friends.
(c) What to fear.
(d) What to play with.

5. What do the otters need, in general, to survive?
(a) Very hot weather.
(b) Music.
(c) A hairbrush.
(d) All the help they can get.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About how long can an Odder stay underwater?

3. What does Odder think of the sounds she hears on shore for the first time as a pup?

4. What can be difficult about Highwater once you have checked in?

5. How do otter mothers hold their young?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Odder often do when she sees a kayaker?

3. Why does Odder attack the shark?

4. What is usually true when a shark bites an otter?

5. What happens to submerged otter pups in the ocean?

6. Why does Odder head for shore after she is badly injured by the shark?

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

8. What does Odder push Kairi to do in Part I?

9. What are some dangers of the ocean for otters?

10. What is otter's surgery like?

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