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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 is the name of the slough where Odder lives?
(a) Milhorn.
(b) Bighorn.
(c) Elkhorn.
(d) Horn.

2. What kind of a place is the ocean to call home for otters?
(a) A safe one.
(b) A cold one.
(c) A stale one.
(d) A bright one.

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

4. What do otters do with pups when they dive for food?
(a) Take them with them.
(b) Leave them with friends.
(c) Tie them into kelp.
(d) Leave them on shore.

5. Why does Odder go back towards the shark?
(a) To honor her mother.
(b) To try to save the pack.
(c) To save the pup.
(d) To try to save Kairi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Applegate describe an otter's jaws?

2. Where does the storm in Part II leave Odder?

3. What are there more of in the slough than outside of it?

4. Why does the shark fail to get an otter, or even two of them?

5. About how long can an Odder stay underwater?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Odder's otter friends call her, and what do humans call her?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Odder attack the shark?

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

9. Why do otters groom their fur so assiduously?

10. What did Otter once learn at Highwater?

(see the answer keys)

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