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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. Who ordered everyone out of the water?
(a) Hotel lifeguards.
(b) Hotel management.
(c) The Coast Guard.
(d) The President of the United States.

2. The wealthy family of Dr. Eugene Vansant rode in a Pullman with their nannies and servants for a stay in ______________.
(a) Beach Haven.
(b) Howard Beach.
(c) Far Rockaway.
(d) Wilmington Beach.

3. Coppleson cited the North Atlantic attacks of 1916 as those of a rogue shark, even though many American experts maintained what belief?
(a) The deaths of the swimmers were caused by orcas.
(b) The deaths of the swimmers were not caused by sharks.
(c) The swimmers drowned.
(d) The deaths of the swimmers were caused by a shark that could not be considered a rogue shark.

4. The very next day, Gertrude Schuyler, from _________________, and her family were at a resort across from the spot where the shark had killed Charles Vansant.
(a) Boston.
(b) Indianapolis.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) New York City.

5. Beach life had deteriorated in some minds from the many young people visiting, who engaged in what?
(a) Aggressive sporting events.
(b) Dates without chaperones.
(c) Heavy drinking and dancing to suggestive songs.
(d) Gambling and drinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Twenty-six teeth are contained in the top row and ______________ in the bottom row.

2. What did Charles Bruder want to do?

3. By July _______, bathers returned and ventured back into the water, seeming to forget about the recent attacks.

4. Was it common to see sharks along the Atlantic coast?

5. When the attacks stopped, Coppleson took it as what evidence?

(see the answer key)

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