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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 do otters often communicate with each other?
(a) Through touch.
(b) Through singing.
(c) Through smell.
(d) Through taste.

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

3. What is the aquarium in the bay called?
(a) Highwater.
(b) Clearwater.
(c) Wellwater.
(d) Brightwater.

4. Why does the shark release Odder from his jaws?
(a) She fights too hard.
(b) She is not the kind of animal he eats.
(c) She is too big.
(d) She has too much blubber.

5. What do the humans call Odder at first?
(a) Minnow.
(b) Pup.
(c) #156.
(d) Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Odder's friends is very cautious?

2. What part of Kairi does the shark nip?

3. What animals do humans NOT pity?

4. What species is Odder?

5. Who and what should humans keep away from stranded otters?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why do otters groom their fur so assiduously?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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