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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 Odder and her best friend sometimes call each other as a nickname?
(a) Baby.
(b) Harrow.
(c) Pup.
(d) Minnow.

2. Who and what should humans keep away from stranded otters?
(a) Dogs and other humans who want to get too close.
(b) Rain.
(c) Wind.
(d) Sun.

3. What story does Kairi love to hear from Odder repteadly?
(a) The Ten.
(b) The Thirty.
(c) The Fifty.
(d) The Three.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Odder?

2. How much older than Odder is her best friend?

3. Who does the shark attack first?

4. What is a favorite food for Odder?

5. Who does Odder say is responsible for killing otters in the past?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do otters groom their fur so assiduously?

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

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

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

5. Why does Odder attack the shark?

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

7. What did Otter once learn at Highwater?

8. What is otter's surgery like?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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