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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. What probably made Charles more vulnerable?
(a) He was not very strong.
(b) He was a lone swimmer.
(c) He was bleeding.
(d) He was holding onto his dog.

2. Suddenly, Joseph was being pulled down by his leg. His brother Michael and a rescuer, Jacob Lefferts, both leaped in the water and tried to wrest Joseph from the shark's mouth. They were able to pull Joseph out and onto whose boat?
(a) Captain Cottrell's.
(b) Fisher's.
(c) Renny Cartan's.
(d) Burlew's.

3. He was finally able to get away from it and was carrying what was left of Lester to the shore when what happened?
(a) He jumped back into the water to catch the shark.
(b) The shark started to swim away from him.
(c) The shark attacked again.
(d) He collapsed.

4. Since it was unusual for the young white shark to be close to the shore in July 1916, experts later theorized that the lone predator was led toward shore by ________________.
(a) Scents and currents and hunger.
(b) Feelings of loneliness.
(c) The currents and the smell of humans.
(d) Hunger.

5. What did Fisher set up so the boy's body wouldn't wash out to sea?
(a) A barrier of chicken wire down creek.
(b) A cage to catch the body.
(c) A patrol of men to look for the body.
(d) A dam made from wood.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. ________________ were strapped to the boats as gunmen stood waiting for the shark to surface.

3. The man the reporters visited was director of what?

4. The first to reach Charles was who?

5. Lester Stilwell left his job in _________________ and met his friends at the creek.

(see the answer key)

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