Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Michael Capuzzo
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 152 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Michael Capuzzo
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 152 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The only known evidence of a shark attack had been what?
(a) A death certificate saying that someone had died from a shark bite.
(b) There has been no evidence.
(c) Tall tales by sailors and fishermen.
(d) A blurry photo of a shark ready to chomp down on a man.

2. The headline in the Times read, "_____________________."
(a) Dies From Drowning.
(b) Dies From Too Much Fun on the Beach.
(c) Dies After Attack by Shark.
(d) Dies After Attack by Fish.

3. What did Dowling swear?
(a) He would help to save those attacked by sharks.
(b) He would never swim again.
(c) He would catch the shark.
(d) He would never swim in the ocean again.

4. The shark had traveled ____________ miles north from Beach Haven.
(a) Fifty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirty.

5. In July _________, the luxury yacht, Hildegard, set off on an outing in the Atlantic off the New York coast.
(a) 1918.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1881.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the time Oelrichs died in __________, no proof of the shark's danger to man had been produced.

2. One fact that made the thought of men being killed or eaten by sharks unrealistic to many was what?

3. The only known creatures that on rare occasions are known to attack great whites of this size are what?

4. Word spread about the experiment with what conclusion?

5. _________________ miles up the coast from Beach Haven, the New Essex and Sussex Hotel occupied a large piece of real estate on the coast of Spring Lake.

(see the answer key)

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