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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. What can hope be?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Happy.
(c) Exhausting.
(d) A burden.

2. How do the aquarists plan to re-introduce Odder to the wild?
(a) Let her explore the ocean with them until she is ready to do it on her own.
(b) Bring her to the ocean one day and leave her there.
(c) They do not want to bring her back to the wild.
(d) They will have other otters show her how to survive in the wild.

3. 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 going to die soon.
(b) The otter is staying forever.
(c) The otter is pregnant.
(d) The otter is friendly.

4. How does Odder feel about the idea of returning to the ocean?
(a) She feels yearning and dread at the same time.
(b) She feels sad.
(c) She feels angry.
(d) She feels suspicious.

5. What does the quick-tempered bay feel like to Odder?
(a) It feels like her mother's arms.
(b) It feels like a tank.
(c) It feels like it hates her.
(d) It does not care whether she lives or dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kairi actually holding?

2. What do the aquarists use to teach and play with otters?

3. What does Odder know living at Highwater will spare her?

4. What kind of sounds do the humans make every time Odder eats?

5. What is the aquarists' motto when working with otters?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Odder regret in Part IV?

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

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

5. What happens to Odder's memories after a few weeks at Highwater her first time there?

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

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

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

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

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

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