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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 does Odder perceive on her webbing?

2. What do the humans do with Odder in the bigger pool several times a day?

3. What does the quick-tempered bay feel like to Odder?

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

5. What does one of the older otters say to Odder when she says she already knows how to dive?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Odder communicate with the humans at Highwater?

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

4. How does Odder get separated from her mother?

5. How does Odder feel the first time a human takes her to dive in the ocean?

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

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

8. What is special about Gracie and Holly?

9. What does Holly tell Odder about Kairi?

10. How do humans help otters learn to dive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Applegate communicate both the dangers and the draw of the ocean for otters like Odder? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Applegate chose to write Odder in verse? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How do the aquarists at Monterey Bay Aquarium refine their tactics to try to avoid otters getting too attached to them? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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