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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 does Odder's cage smell?
(a) Like kelp.
(b) Like her mother.
(c) Like Kairi.
(d) Antiseptic and unnatural.

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

3. Why does Kairi want to turn back into the slough?
(a) She wants to check on her pup.
(b) She is afraid of the dangers of the bay.
(c) She is too hot in the sun.
(d) She wants to check on her mother.

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

5. What part of Kairi does the shark nip?
(a) Her belly.
(b) Her tail.
(c) Her head.
(d) Her fin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Applegate compare a shark taste-testing things to?

2. What is the name of the slough where Odder lives?

3. What is a slough like for an otter?

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

5. What do some say about the food in Monterey Bay?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Odder attack the shark?

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

4. What did Otter once learn at Highwater?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is otter's surgery like?

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