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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 becomes harder for Odder to recall the longer she is in the aquarium?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her life before coming there.
(d) Her father.

2. Where can Odder play for the first time that is beautiful and that Odder appreciates in Part IV?
(a) The pup pool.
(b) The rooftop pool.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The sandbox.

3. What does Odder forget the taste of before long?
(a) The salty sea.
(b) Her favorite crabs.
(c) Her fish.
(d) Her mother's milk.

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

5. How does Applegate describe a keystone species?
(a) As nature's right.
(b) As nature's blight.
(c) As nature's war.
(d) As nature's glue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is impossible for Odder to do concerning the big clumsy creatures that are the humans?

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

3. What does Odder ask Gracie and Holly when she first sees them again?

4. What do the aquarists use to teach and play with otters?

5. Nothing the humans do for Odder is quite right, but it is which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Odder learn can change your life forever when the ocean is your home?

4. What is special about Gracie and Holly?

5. How does Odder change after the shark attack?

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

7. How do humans help otters learn to dive?

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

9. How does Odder get separated from her mother?

10. What do the aquarists use to mimic kelp?

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