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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. Who tells Odder the animals taking care of her are called humans?
(a) Henry.
(b) Helen.
(c) Herbert.
(d) Holly.

2. What can the aquarists be confident of as they watch their otters go back to the wild?
(a) They will be resistant to pollution.
(b) They will live at least 10 years.
(c) They are kind.
(d) They have taught the creatures well.

3. Why are the two older otters permanently at Highwater?
(a) They are too violent.
(b) They are injured.
(c) They are too young.
(d) The aquarists decided they were not fit for the ocean.

4. What will the humans not let Odder do after her surgery?
(a) Lick her wounds.
(b) Drink.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Eat.

5. What does Odder see on the horizon once while ocean diving that catches her attention?
(a) Wild otters.
(b) A sunset.
(c) Sharks.
(d) A storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the older otters say it means when the aquarists name an otter with a name and not a number?

2. What does Odder know in her heart that she owes the humans?

3. What does Holly say about Odder's movements?

4. What does Odder's human diving companion wear?

5. What do the new animals who have taken Odder as a pup do to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Odder instinctively want to do with her wounds that the humans will not let her do?

2. How does Odder get separated from her mother?

3. What does Holly tell Odder when she and Gracie meet Odder again in Highwater?

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

5. What is all that Odder can think when she first loses her mother?

6. What does Odder regret in Part IV?

7. What is special about Gracie and Holly?

8. What do humans use as a treat to entice otters to dive?

9. How do humans help otters learn to dive?

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

(see the answer keys)

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