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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the aquarium in the bay called?

2. What does Odder like the feel of on the beach?

3. Who is Odder's best friend?

4. What famous movie about sharks does Applegate reference in this section?

5. Who and what should humans keep away from stranded otters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Odder always want to do, even before eating?

2. What is one advantage of venturing further out into the bay for otters?

3. What is otter's surgery like?

4. Why does the shark attack Kairi and not Odder?

5. What does Odder often do when she sees a kayaker?

6. Why does Odder attack the shark?

7. What did Otter once learn at Highwater?

8. What happens to submerged otter pups in the ocean?

9. Why do humans prefer to assign numbers to otters instead of names?

10. What does hunger do to a shark's mind?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do humans try to introduce otters back into the wild after periods of captivity? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What does the legend of "The 50" mean to otters, and what does Applegate use it to reveal to humans about the history of human-otter relations? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What are some major factors contributing to the drop in the otter population, and what has humanity's role in this decline been, according to Applegate? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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