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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. How often do Odder's ocean-diving lessons happen?

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

3. What do the aquarists feel once they reach their decision about Odder?

4. What does Odder forget the taste of before long?

5. What is all it takes to change your life forever when the ocean is your home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Odder change after the shark attack?

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

4. What does Odder regret in Part IV?

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

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

7. What does Holly tell Odder about Kairi?

8. How do humans help otters learn to dive?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Odder become separated from her mother, and how does being in such close contact with humans from such a young age affect her personality and life path? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Odder's and Kairi's friendship change over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Applegate describe the process of Odder accepting that she will never live out of captivity again at the end of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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