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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. When Lester was pulled under by the shark, the boys ran into town and told ___________________ what had happened.
(a) Patrolman Mulsoff.
(b) Sergeant Mulsoff.
(c) Captain Mulsoff.
(d) Constable Mulsoff.

2. 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) The strong current of the Gulf Stream.
(b) A strong hurricane.
(c) A tropical storm.
(d) The smell of humans.

3. Joseph Dunn, his brother Michael and their friend Jerry Hollohan in __________________, a community downstream from the town of Matawan, had missed the warnings and cut through the woods for a quick swim in the creek.
(a) Cliffwood.
(b) Clifford.
(c) Cliff Falls.
(d) Cliffton.

4. Most of the flesh on Fisher's thigh from his hip to his knee was gone. When a doctor was finally rounded up, he observed that the bone was not severed but his ____________ artery was bleeding profusely.
(a) Femoral.
(b) Systemic.
(c) Elastic.
(d) Pulmonary.

5. The attack made the ________________ in the newspapers.
(a) Middle pages.
(b) Headlines.
(c) Back pages.
(d) Second pages.

Short Answer Questions

1. People on the beach noticed what about Charles?

2. In New York City, some newspaper reporters visited whose office?

3. Fisher immediately closed his ____________ shop and ran to the creek.

4. He was finally able to get away from it and was carrying what was left of Lester to the shore when what happened?

5. For what was the shark waiting?

(see the answer key)

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