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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the young shark develops, his hunger turns him toward prey such as _______________.
(a) Small fish and crustaceans.
(b) Seals and dolphins.
(c) Orcas and whales.
(d) Humans.

2. What had drawn the shark?
(a) The smell of the boys.
(b) The sounds of the boys.
(c) The warm water.
(d) The splashing of the boys.

3. Successive rows of additional teeth are poised behind the functional teeth, ready to replace them when they are discarded. Every ______________ weeks, a new, serrated set of teeth replaces the current set.
(a) Three or four.
(b) Five or six.
(c) Four or five.
(d) Two or three.

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

5. How did Everingham attempt to protect himself?
(a) He struck the shark with one of his oars.
(b) He punched the shark.
(c) He cowered in the bottom of the boat.
(d) He paddled quickly to shore.

Short Answer Questions

1. By July _______, bathers returned and ventured back into the water, seeming to forget about the recent attacks.

2. What had appeared in the paper about the attack?

3. The _______________ Hotel's young bell captain, Charles Bruder, decided to slip away for an afternoon swim.

4. _______________ staff physician, Dr. William G. Schauffler, completed the official report.

5. The damage to Bruder was so severe, a _________________ injury, that even with modern medical procedures, he could not have been saved.

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