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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. News spread of the horrific incident. Some fishermen swore what?
(a) It was most likely a shark that killed the man.
(b) It wasn't a shark that killed the man.
(c) The man had probably drowned.
(d) It was a pirana that had attacked the man.
2. Long distance swimmer, Robert W. Dowling, ________________, announced he would swim out four miles in the Atlantic--sharks be damned!
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Nineteen.
3. One fact that made the thought of men being killed or eaten by sharks unrealistic to many was what?
(a) Such attacks had always occurred away from civilization and were virtually unrecorded.
(b) Men are too smart to be eaten by animals.
(c) Men are the strongest creatures on earth.
(d) Sharks are too small and weak.
4. What did some think had killed Charles Bruder?
(a) Another sea animal like an orca or a dolphin.
(b) Another person.
(c) Another sea animal like a swordfish or turtle.
(d) The loch ness monster.
5. As beach goers ran in to try to pull Charles ashore, the shark with bits of Charles' flesh in his mouth, did what?
(a) Went after another swimmer.
(b) Attacked again.
(c) Backed off and seemed to wait.
(d) Swam away.
Short Answer Questions
1. Mrs. Vansant was somewhat concerned about the possible ruckus on the Jersey Shore due to the hordes of visitors expected and a controversy over what?
2. The only known evidence of a shark attack had been what?
3. Despite their efforts, what happened to the beaches?
4. In 1922, two _____________ were attacked and killed at the same location, Coogee Beach, by large sharks that struck them with such force that they were lifted from the water.
5. Word spread about the experiment with what conclusion?
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