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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the older otters say it means when the aquarists name an otter with a name and not a number?
(a) The otter is friendly.
(b) The otter is pregnant.
(c) The otter is going to die soon.
(d) The otter is staying forever.

2. Why are the two older otters permanently at Highwater?
(a) They are too young.
(b) They are injured.
(c) They are too violent.
(d) The aquarists decided they were not fit for the ocean.

3. What do the aquarists use to teach and play with otters?
(a) Wood.
(b) Musical instruments.
(c) Shells, algae, urchins, and rocks.
(d) Computers.

4. Nothing the humans do for Odder is quite right, but it is which of the following?
(a) Completely wrong.
(b) Right enough.
(c) Mean-spirited.
(d) Harmful.

5. What does Odder think human bodies offer?
(a) Lots of opportunities for humiliation.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Fragility.

6. What do the aquarists use to simulate kelp?
(a) Strands of fabric like at the car wash.
(b) Palm fronds.
(c) Pine cones.
(d) Basil.

7. What decision do the aquarists reach about Odder?
(a) They will euthanize her.
(b) They will keep her at Highwater forever.
(c) They will release her soon
(d) They will try to breed her.

8. What do the aquarists name Odder?
(a) Maureen.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Twyla.
(d) Helen.

9. What does Odder dream of one night after a perfect day of diving?
(a) Her friend Kairi.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Gracie.
(d) A newborn female pup.

10. What is Kairi actually holding?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A pup.
(c) A toy.
(d) Food.

11. What does Odder see on the horizon once while ocean diving that catches her attention?
(a) A sunset.
(b) Sharks.
(c) Wild otters.
(d) A storm.

12. What is it called when otters link themselves together?
(a) A float.
(b) A moat.
(c) A fleet.
(d) A raft.

13. What could Odder never seem to stop searching for, even though she had left them behind?
(a) Humans.
(b) Rivers.
(c) Sunsets.
(d) Books.

14. From the aquarists' point of view for the otters, at the end of the day, play is which of the following?
(a) Hard.
(b) Play.
(c) Unneccesary.
(d) Work.

15. What does Odder not realize at first about the ocean floor?
(a) It is very dangerous.
(b) It is the ultimate otter restaurant.
(c) It is too dark for her.
(d) It is too deep for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How should one groom an odder pup?

2. What does Odder vow to do if she finds Kairi in Highwater?

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

4. What does Holly say about Odder's movements?

5. What will the humans not let Odder do after her surgery?

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