1. 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.
(a) Maniac.
(b) Beast.
(c) Rogue.
(d) Monster.

2. 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) Two or three.
(b) Five or six.
(c) Four or five.
(d) Three or four.

3. The US Bureau of ______________ declared that people should not be deterred from going into the waters since "sharks were not vicious" (p. 82). Sharks were deemed to be less a threat to man than horses and dogs.
(a) The Interior.
(b) Sharks.
(c) Fisheries.
(d) Oceans.

4. The only known creatures that on rare occasions are known to attack great whites of this size are what?
(a) Seals and dolphins.
(b) Larger great whites, sperm whales and orcas.
(c) Dolphins, sperm whales, and larger great whites.
(d) Blue whales and orcas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Vansant was somewhat concerned about the possible ruckus on the Jersey Shore due to the hordes of visitors expected and a controversy over what?

2. The headline in the Times read, "_____________________."

3. Someone on shore thought they saw what, which was actually blood?

4. News spread of the horrific incident. Some fishermen swore what?

5. Why is it difficult to catch serial-killing man-eating sharks?

(see the answer key)

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