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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Odder and her best friend sometimes call each other as a nickname?
(a) Pup.
(b) Minnow.
(c) Baby.
(d) Harrow.

3. What do otters do with pups when they dive for food?
(a) Leave them on shore.
(b) Leave them with friends.
(c) Tie them into kelp.
(d) Take them with them.

4. How should humans approach a stranded otter on the beach?
(a) Not at all.
(b) Happily.
(c) Warily.
(d) Blithely.

5. What does Odder think of the sounds she hears on shore for the first time as a pup?
(a) They are harsh.
(b) They are gentle.
(c) They sound like bird calls.
(d) They sound like her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the otters need, in general, to survive?

2. What do otters turn frolicking into?

3. What does otter accept when she hears the familiar vocies of the aquarists on the beach?

4. What kind of a place is the ocean to call home for otters?

5. What does one of the aquarists say to otter on the beach, though otter fails to understand the words?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the shark think as soon as it bites the otter?

2. What is unique about Odder's personality as a pup?

3. What does Odder often do when she sees a kayaker?

4. Why is Odder worried about Kairi when she sees Kairi shivering?

5. What does Odder always want to do, even before eating?

6. Why does Odder head for shore after she is badly injured by the shark?

7. Why does Odder attack the shark?

8. What do otters do with their pups when they look for food?

9. Why does the shark attack Kairi and not Odder?

10. What is advice for rescuing an otter stranded on shore?

(see the answer keys)

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