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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Successive rows of additional teeth are poised behind the functional teeth, ready to replace them when they are discarded. Every ______________ weeks, a new, serrated set of teeth replaces the current set.
(a) Three or four.
(b) Four or five.
(c) Two or three.
(d) Five or six.

2. The headline in the Times read, "_____________________."
(a) Dies After Attack by Fish.
(b) Dies From Drowning.
(c) Dies From Too Much Fun on the Beach.
(d) Dies After Attack by Shark.

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

4. One fact that made the thought of men being killed or eaten by sharks unrealistic to many was what?
(a) Such attacks had always occurred away from civilization and were virtually unrecorded.
(b) Sharks are too small and weak.
(c) Men are the strongest creatures on earth.
(d) Men are too smart to be eaten by animals.

5. The shark stayed in the struggle until when?
(a) It was shot by a man on the beach.
(b) Its underside was scraping the sand.
(c) It decided it was full.
(d) It was attacked by those helping Charles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What probably made Charles more vulnerable?

2. Some hotel guests worried about the incident, others were sure the incident had been exaggerated and believed what had happened to the young man?

3. What happened to the two long distance swimmers on July 6, 1916?

4. What did Dr. William G. Schauffler immediately order?

5. As the young shark develops, his hunger turns him toward prey such as _______________.

(see the answer key)

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