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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 do otters sometimes ingest that makes them sick?
(a) Kelp.
(b) Plastic trash.
(c) Sting rays.
(d) Clams.

2. What does Applegate compare the shark to in Part I?
(a) A soundless ocean ghost.
(b) A fairy.
(c) A song.
(d) A small baby.

3. Who does Odder say is responsible for killing otters in the past?
(a) Sting rays.
(b) Gods.
(c) Octopuses.
(d) Humans.

4. What are there more of in the slough than outside of it?
(a) Hens.
(b) Mulberries.
(c) Trees.
(d) Humans.

5. Who wrote "It is a happy talent to know how to play"?
(a) U2.
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(c) Lizzo.
(d) James Joyce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a favorite food for Odder?

2. How do otter mothers hold their young?

3. What does otter think when she hears the familiar voices of aquarists on the beach?

4. How long does Odder's surgery take?

5. What does the shark "wear" as he retreats to deeper waters?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Odder attack the shark?

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

4. Why do otters groom their fur so assiduously?

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

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

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

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

9. What do otters often tuck in a pocket of skin on their arm?

10. What is one advantage of venturing further out into the bay for otters?

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