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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. The man the reporters visited was director of what?
(a) The Sony Wonder Lab.
(b) Liberty Science Center.
(c) The Rose Center.
(d) The American Museum of Natural History.

2. The shark attacked, biting Charles where?
(a) Around the waste.
(b) Below the elbow.
(c) On the foot.
(d) Below the knee.

3. The shark craved large mammals rich with what?
(a) Muscle.
(b) Sodium.
(c) Nutrients.
(d) Blubber.

4. What happened to the animal at which they shot?
(a) It died and floated on top of the water.
(b) It attacked their boat.
(c) It submerged and disappeared under the water.
(d) It died and sank to the bottom of the ocean.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The first to reach Charles was who?

2. The expert and some of his assistants had witnessed sharks first hand and had observed how difficult it was for them to do what?

3. Many years later, ichthyologist George Burgess concluded that the shark was a _________, serial killer, but in the rhetoric of the day, the shark was a sea monster.

4. This doctor insisted what?

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

(see the answer key)

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