2. What do the otters need, in general, to survive?
(a) Music.
(b) All the help they can get.
(c) Very hot weather.
(d) A hairbrush.

3. Why does Kairi want to turn back into the slough?
(a) She wants to check on her mother.
(b) She is too hot in the sun.
(c) She is afraid of the dangers of the bay.
(d) She wants to check on her pup.

4. What do otters turn frolicking into?
(a) A song.
(b) A show.
(c) An art.
(d) A science.

5. How long is Odder?
(a) 4 meters.
(b) 2.6 meters.
(c) 1.2. meters.
(d) 3 meters.

6. How does Applegate describe an otter's jaws?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Steel-trap cruel.
(c) Soft.
(d) Yielding.

7. How does Applegate describe Odder, in general?
(a) As an old soul.
(b) As a free spirit.
(c) As an outcast.
(d) As an outlier.

8. What do otters do in addition to just sleeping?
(a) Dream.
(b) Study their own sleep.
(c) Ride bicycles.
(d) Share their dreams with each other.

9. What does otter accept when she hears the familiar vocies of the aquarists on the beach?
(a) The sun.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her friends.
(d) Her fate.

10. What is the usual pattern of an otter's life?
(a) Mostly sleep.
(b) Eat, groom, reproduce, hibernate, and play.
(c) Mostly groom.
(d) Eat, groom, sleep, and play.

11. What are there more of in the slough than outside of it?
(a) Mulberries.
(b) Trees.
(c) Hens.
(d) Humans.

12. About how heavy is Odder?
(a) 90 pounds.
(b) 45 pounds.
(c) 20 pounds.
(d) 70 punds.

13. What is the shark glad of as he swims away?
(a) He is now able to sleep better.
(b) He is now well-fed.
(c) He is not ill any longer.
(d) His embarrassing hunting failure went unwitnessed by other sharks.

14. Why does Odder get so close to humans?
(a) She wants food from them.
(b) She does not know herself.
(c) Fear.
(d) Curiosity and a little bit of affection.

15. Who and what should humans keep away from stranded otters?
(a) Dogs and other humans who want to get too close.
(b) Rain.
(c) Wind.
(d) Sun.