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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. Though young sharks can seem slow-moving, when stimulated they can reach speeds of ____________ miles per hour.
(a) Fifty.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirty.

2. 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 not caused by sharks.
(b) The deaths of the swimmers were caused by a shark that could not be considered a rogue shark.
(c) The swimmers drowned.
(d) The deaths of the swimmers were caused by orcas.

3. What were women doing that was scandalous to many?
(a) They were not enjoying the beach environment.
(b) They were going on dates.
(c) They were talking to boys.
(d) They were exposing their arms and legs and wearing scandalous clinging wool suits.

4. The damage to Bruder was so severe, a _________________ injury, that even with modern medical procedures, he could not have been saved.
(a) Code Red.
(b) Class one.
(c) Significant.
(d) Premier.

5. Some hotel guests worried about the incident, others were sure the incident had been exaggerated and believed what had happened to the young man?
(a) He had been chased by a shark.
(b) He had drowned.
(c) He had a heart attack.
(d) He had a cramp and had to swim to the shore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did some think had killed Charles Bruder?

2. What was significant about the popular black and dark blue bathing suits?

3. What happened to Charles Bruder on the way back to the shore?

4. The next day, articles appeared in both the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer about the shark attack. Where were these articles located?

5. ______________________ of working-class men and women migrated across downtown Philadelphia to the coast on the first day of July 1916.

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