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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. On July ____, 1916, a small group of men and their boats were organized to hunt the man-eater down.
(a) 14.
(b) 7.
(c) 28.
(d) 21.

2. The person attempting to pull Charles toward the shore was stopped suddenly by what?
(a) Another person screaming in the water.
(b) The shark had reappeared and was clamped down on Charles' leg.
(c) The shark as it attacked Charles' would-be lifesaver.
(d) A large wave.

3. In most cases, white sharks dislike the taste of humans and do what?
(a) Eat them anyway.
(b) Avoid them.
(c) Eat them quickly.
(d) Spit them out.

4. The shark that attacked in 1916 had returned from the southern waters where he had suffered in his competition with many larger predators. He was tossed northward by what?
(a) A strong hurricane.
(b) The smell of humans.
(c) The strong current of the Gulf Stream.
(d) A tropical storm.

5. The juvenile shark that killed Bruder had probably been frightened off by what?
(a) The rescue boat.
(b) The sounds of men.
(c) Bruder.
(d) Helicopters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the animal at which they shot?

2. Lucas had sent whom to the scene of the shark attack on Charles Bruder?

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

4. The people irrationally linked the great white attack to what?

5. 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?

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