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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what was the shark waiting?
(a) For its prey to bleed to death.
(b) For its prey to swim farther out into the water.
(c) For other sharks to come help it catch its prey.
(d) For its prey to escape.

2. Eugene and Louisa Vansant did what with their daughters at dusk while their eldest child, Charles, romped with the family dog in the waters off the beach?
(a) Went dancing.
(b) Strolled along the boardwalk.
(c) Went to the movies.
(d) Had dinner.

3. 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) A blurry photo of a shark ready to chomp down on a man.
(c) Tall tales by sailors and fishermen.
(d) There has been no evidence.

4. The hotel manager, ___________________, immediately ordered his telephone operators to notify the operators in all the hotels on the north and central coast.
(a) Damian B. Parsons.
(b) Daniel B. Plickard.
(c) David B. Plumer.
(d) Darrel B. Pickering.

5. Who ordered everyone out of the water?
(a) The President of the United States.
(b) Hotel management.
(c) Hotel lifeguards.
(d) The Coast Guard.

6. Has the force of the great white's bite ever been measured?
(a) Yes.
(b) Yes, but the measurement was made on a juvenile shark.
(c) Yes, but the evidence is not solid.
(d) No.

7. The first to reach Charles was who?
(a) His fiancee.
(b) Alexander Ott.
(c) The hotel manager.
(d) His father.

8. What rumors were rampant?
(a) German U-boats were patrolling offshore.
(b) The water was polluted.
(c) Sharks were patrolling offshore.
(d) The young people were causing problems on the beach.

9. The shark was estimated to be _______ feet long and weighed around 500 pounds.
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Fifteen.

10. _______________ staff physician, Dr. William G. Schauffler, completed the official report.
(a) The Governor's.
(b) The Mayor's.
(c) The hotel manager's.
(d) The President's.

11. The people irrationally linked the great white attack to what?
(a) Unruly teenagers.
(b) The U.S. Navy.
(c) God's wrath.
(d) German U-Boats.

12. Twenty-six teeth are contained in the top row and ______________ in the bottom row.
(a) Twenty-eight.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Twenty-six.
(d) Twenty-four.

13. What did some think had killed Charles Bruder?
(a) The loch ness monster.
(b) Another sea animal like a swordfish or turtle.
(c) Another person.
(d) Another sea animal like an orca or a dolphin.

14. The next day, articles appeared in both the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer about the shark attack. Where were these articles located?
(a) On front pages.
(b) On back pages.
(c) In the middle of the newspapers.
(d) Nowhere.

15. The shark attacked, biting Charles where?
(a) On the foot.
(b) Below the knee.
(c) Below the elbow.
(d) Around the waste.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1915, a _______________ editorial was written entitled, "Let Us Do Justice To Sharks."

2. The great white that attacked the swimmer in 1916 was probably born in the Atlantic around ___________.

3. In July _________, the luxury yacht, Hildegard, set off on an outing in the Atlantic off the New York coast.

4. Dr. Nichols, after viewing Bruder's wounds, concluded what?

5. What happened to Charles Bruder on the way back to the shore?

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