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

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 D

Michael Capuzzo
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the boy miss at the beginning of the book?
(a) His brother.
(b) His fiancee.
(c) His sister.
(d) His mother.

2. ______________________ of working-class men and women migrated across downtown Philadelphia to the coast on the first day of July 1916.
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Millions.
(d) Dozens.

3. Leonard Hill planned to swim out a quarter-mile from the coast and then ________ miles due south.
(a) Nine.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Eleven.

4. The Vansants stayed at the stylish _____________ Hotel, where the upper crust enjoyed their respite.
(a) Essex.
(b) Edmonton.
(c) Engleside.
(d) Eagles Nest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dr. William G. Schauffler immediately order?

2. A young man waded out in the Atlantic, his ______________ dog alongside his master.

3. Beach life had deteriorated in some minds from the many young people visiting, who engaged in what?

4. After the shark attacked, what had happened to Bruder?

5. The owner and captain of the yacht was the wealthy shipping mogul Hermann Oelrichs. One of Oelrichs' goals was to debunk the myth that sharks were man-eaters. He felt certain that their bad publicity stemmed from pure fantasy. He had offered a reward of ____________ for proof that any person had ever been attacked by a shark.

(see the answer key)

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