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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 feel about the idea of returning to the ocean?
(a) She feels angry.
(b) She feels sad.
(c) She feels suspicious.
(d) She feels yearning and dread at the same time.

2. What does Holly say about Odder's movements?
(a) They are jerky.
(b) They are as slow as hers and Gracie's now.
(c) They are still Odder's.
(d) They are quick.

3. What kind of a species are otters?
(a) Keystone.
(b) Moonstone.
(c) Bloodstone.
(d) Markstone.

4. What does Odder eventually shed at Highwater?
(a) Her tail.
(b) Her shyness.
(c) Her fins.
(d) Her baby coat.

5. Why does Odder keep going back to Highwater with her diving teacher?
(a) She knows he will take care of her.
(b) She knows her mother is at Highwater.
(c) She is good friends with Gracie and Holly.
(d) She can not search for food herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. From the aquarists' point of view for the otters, at the end of the day, play is which of the following?

2. Why do the aquarists X-ray Odder?

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

4. What will the humans not let Odder do after her surgery?

5. Where does Odder hone her diving skills while in captivity?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Holly tell Odder about Kairi?

3. How does Odder change after the shark attack?

4. How do humans help otters learn to dive?

5. What happens to Odder's memories after a few weeks at Highwater her first time there?

6. What kind of species are otters?

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

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

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

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

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