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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 do humans think is the best approach to teaching otters how to live?

2. What does Odder see on the horizon once while ocean diving that catches her attention?

3. What can the aquarists be confident of as they watch their otters go back to the wild?

4. Where does Odder hone her diving skills while in captivity?

5. From the aquarists' point of view for the otters, at the end of the day, play is which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Odder get separated from her mother?

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

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

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

6. How does Odder change after the shark attack?

7. What takes Odder longer once she starts eating solid food?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Applegate's use of anthropomorphism contribute to her ability to develop non-human characters in this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Applegate communicate the dual nature of the ocean for otters - as it is both their home, and full of mortal dangers? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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