Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Question

With the opening of that sack began a phase of my life that has not yet ended, and

may, for all I know, not end before I do. It is, in effect, a thraldom to otters, an otter

fixation, that I have since found to be shared by most other people, who have ever

owned one.

a. Which creature emerged from the sack?

b. With what was the otter coated?

c. What was the new phase of the author’s life?

d. Why was the otter named ‘Maxwell’s otter’?

SomeUser · Accepted Answer

1 pound (lb) is equal to 16 ounces (oz).

AnotherUser · Answer

Are you looking for ounces or fluid ounces? If you are looking for fluid ounces there are 15.34 fluid ounces in a pound of water.

ConfusedUser · Answer

I can't remember exactly, but I think 18 ounces in a lb. You might want to double check that.

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