My Octopus Teacher Movie Quiz

This film takes place in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Africa. How cold can the water get?

• 0 degrees celsius

• 8-9 degrees celsius

• 15-20 degrees celsius

Why did Craig Foster choose not to wear an oxygen tank or a wetsuit on his trips into the kelp forest?

• "Oxygen tanks and wetsuits are for little babies."

• "I don't know how to use an oxygen tank or wetsuit."

• "It helps to have no barrier to the environment."

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

On Day 1,  how did the octopus react to Foster’s camera?

• The octopus saw the shiny new thing and tried to touch it, taste it, pull it, and knock it over.

• The octopus got rally scared and swam away.

• The octopus totally ignored the camera.

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What species is the octopus’ most serious predator?

• dolphins

• pajama sharks

• sea lions

On day 26, how does Foster know there is full trust between him and the octopus?

• The octopus fully comes out of the den around him and they make physical contact.

• The octopus swims up to his face mask.

• The octopus lets Foster hold him in his hands.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

Foster says an octopus is essentially a what?

• A piece of sponge with cute eyes.

• A snail that's lost its tail in evolution

• A very intelligent swimming worm.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

True or false: The octopus learned all of her tricks of hiding from her mother and father.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

What happened when Foster accidentally scared the octopus away?

• She never returned and he never found her again.

• She came back the next day.

• He used his tracking skills to find her.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does the octopus benefit from her relationship with the human?

• The octopus gets food from the human.

• It's stimulating for their huge intelligence to be around the human.

• The octopus gets protection from the human.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What species is the octopus Craig Foster meets?

• A grey/green ocopus: Octopus jadaris

• A common ocopus: Octopus vulgaris.

• A kelp octopus: Octopus kelparus

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2