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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Charles Bruder want to do?
(a) He wanted to catch the shark.
(b) He wanted to go surfing.
(c) He wanted to outdo Dowling's recent swim.
(d) He wanted to swim with the shark.

2. Later scientists attributed Oelrichs' success to what probability?
(a) The sharks were small, non-aggressive species.
(b) The great whites were not hungry at the time he jumped in the water.
(c) He thought a school of orcas were actually sharks.
(d) The sharks were juvenile great whites.

3. Someone on shore thought they saw what, which was actually blood?
(a) A red flag in the water.
(b) A red buoy.
(c) A red piece of clothing.
(d) A red canoe tip over.

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

5. Bruder boasted that he was not afraid of sharks. Why was he not afraid?
(a) He did not believe in sharks.
(b) He believed he was stronger than a shark.
(c) He had swum with sharks off the coast of California.
(d) He believed he could out-swim a shark.

Short Answer Questions

1. By ____________ years of age, the white shark nearly doubles in size, making it nearly invincible in its environment.

2. The editorial ended with what conclusion?

3. What did the swimmers do after they learned what danger they had been in?

4. Long distance swimmer, Robert W. Dowling, ________________, announced he would swim out four miles in the Atlantic--sharks be damned!

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.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did shark attacks become more possible in the summer of 1916?

2. What was done for Bruder? Was this adequate? What there anything else that could have been done for him? Why or why not?

3. What might have drawn this particular shark north?

4. What happened to Gertrude Schuyler? Why did this happen?

5. What was the official report after Charles Bruder's death? What was done as this report was being filed?

6. What were the beliefs of many who heard the news of Bruder's death?

7. What information is given about a specific shark? Why is this information important?

8. Why is it more dangerous to swim with dogs?

9. How does the story begin? How is this chapter important?

10. What took place as soon as Bruger was brought to shore?

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