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

2. How does Odder move following the shark attack?
(a) She does not move at all; she sinks.
(b) Exactly the same as before the attack.
(c) Jerkily.
(d) Fast.

3. What does Odder think of the sounds she hears on shore for the first time as a pup?
(a) They sound like bird calls.
(b) They are gentle.
(c) They sound like her mother.
(d) They are harsh.

4. How does Applegate describe an otter's jaws?
(a) Steel-trap cruel.
(b) Yielding.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Soft.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where did Odder learn to be an otter?

4. What is Odder's mother's name?

5. Why does Odder get so close to humans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is advice for rescuing an otter stranded on shore?

2. What did Otter once learn at Highwater?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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