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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 the humans put on Odder's webbing?
(a) A tag.
(b) Kelp.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A ring of jewelry.

2. What is Odder a superstar at?
(a) Tool use.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Diving.
(d) Singing.

3. What does Odder know living at Highwater will spare her?
(a) The dangers of the ocean.
(b) Having new friends.
(c) Having a pup.
(d) Eating bad foods.

4. How does Applegate describe Odder's dive?
(a) A bell.
(b) A butterfly.
(c) A hypnotizing cyclone of fur and bubbles.
(d) A ruse.

5. To the aquarists, what is every hour with humans for otters?
(a) Work.
(b) Unnecessary.
(c) An hour otters might become more attached to them, and thus less equipped to return to the wild.
(d) Fun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the aquarists put at the bottom of Odder's practice pool to entice her to dive?

2. What does Odder think human bodies offer?

3. What do the aquarists feel once they reach their decision about Odder?

4. What is worse than Odder's discomfort following the shark attack?

5. What does Odder fight in her dreams?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes Odder longer once she starts eating solid food?

2. What does Odder's first fear of diving turn into?

3. What do the humans at Highwater try to act as a substitute for?

4. How does Odder communicate with the humans at Highwater?

5. What does Odder always do at the end of diving lessons?

6. What does Odder think of the humans at Highwater?

7. What did Kairi always love Odder to do for her?

8. How does Odder tell there are other otters around in Highwater?

9. What does Odder feel she owes the aquarists even before she leaves them for the wild?

10. How do humans help otters learn to dive?

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