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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 does Odder think is a bit embarrassing?
(a) When the aquarists use the net to catch her in her tank.
(b) When the aquarists groom her.
(c) When the aquarists feed her.
(d) When she loses her hair.

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

3. What scent does Odder get for the first time in the aquarium in Part III?
(a) The scent of toast.
(b) The scent of other otters.
(c) The scent of rays.
(d) The scent of sharks.

4. What does Odder ask Gracie and Holly when she first sees them again?
(a) If there is a pup here.
(b) If Kairi is also here.
(c) If her mother is here.
(d) If her sister is here.

5. What is the aquarists' motto when working with otters?
(a) If it has a cord, use it.
(b) If it sings, use it.
(c) If it belongs to a wild otter's world, it is worth a try.
(d) Tech is always best.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Odder feel about the humans after meeting the two older otters for the first time?

2. What kind of a species are otters?

3. What is Kairi actually holding?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is special about Gracie and Holly?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Holly tell Odder about Kairi?

7. What kind of species are otters?

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

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

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

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