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

2. Why did the other boys not believe something hit Renny in the water?
(a) He always lied.
(b) They thought he was scraped by a branch.
(c) He often exaggerated.
(d) They had not seen anything.

3. The shark could have been reacting to the lunar pull, which caused what?
(a) The fresh water to leak out to the ocean.
(b) The water to be warm.
(c) High tides running up even into the creek.
(d) Low tides running out of the creek.

4. Why is it difficult to catch serial-killing man-eating sharks?
(a) Men do not know much about sea creatures.
(b) The sharks are shy.
(c) These sharks are very intelligent and devious.
(d) The water conceals their crimes and aids in their escape.

5. This doctor insisted what?
(a) A shark could easily inflict the damage that Bruder suffered.
(b) A shark might be able to inflict the damage that Bruder suffered.
(c) A shark could not very easily inflict the damage that Bruder suffered.
(d) A shark could not inflict the damage that Bruder suffered.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lester was pulled under by the shark, the boys ran into town and told ___________________ what had happened.

2. Dr. Herbert Cooley at Keyport tended to Joseph when he was brought ashore. Joseph's ______________ received a large bite. The doctor treated the wound and had Joseph rushed to the hospital.

3. The juvenile shark that killed Bruder had probably been frightened off by what?

4. What were placed at the mouth of the creek so the shark could not escape?

5. The beating with the oar and the gunshots had, like some old-time fishermen predicted, probably done what?

Short Essay Questions

1. If the shark was near the shark-patrol boat, why were they unable to catch it or shoot it?

2. After the attack on Charles Bruder, what happened to the news regarding the shark? Why did this happen?

3. What happened to both Joseph and Stanley Fisher?

4. What might have drawn the shark to the shark-patrol boat? Why?

5. Describe the first realization that a shark had entered the Matawan Creek.

6. What was done to try to catch the shark? Why did people react this way?

7. What had occurred by July 9th? Why?

8. Whom did newspaper reporters in New York contact regarding shark attacks? Why did they contact this man?

9. To what animal is a shark compared? How is this belief supported?

10. What did Fisher do to try to get Lester's body? How did this affect Fisher? Should he have done this? Why or why not?

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