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

2. What can be difficult about Highwater once you have checked in?
(a) Eating.
(b) Finding friends.
(c) Playing.
(d) Departing.

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

4. What advice did Odder's mother once give her?
(a) Stay away from sharks, humans, and all she does not understand.
(b) Be a good friend.
(c) Eat as often as possible.
(d) Go explore freely.

5. What does Applegate compare Odder to when she was a pup?
(a) A shark.
(b) An inflatable balloon.
(c) A dog.
(d) A doll.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can blood in the water be for an otter?

2. About how heavy is Odder?

3. What is the shark glad of as he swims away?

4. How is Odder's prognosis?

5. Where are most of the bites on Odder?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the shark think as soon as it bites the otter?

5. What does Odder always want to do, even before eating?

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

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

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

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

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

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