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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 drowned.
(b) He had been chased by a shark.
(c) He had a cramp and had to swim to the shore.
(d) He had a heart attack.

2. A young man waded out in the Atlantic, his ______________ dog alongside his master.
(a) Retriever.
(b) Show.
(c) Old.
(d) Hunting.

3. While the young shark is off the coast of Florida, it may be caught in the warm Gulf Stream currents, which does what to the shark?
(a) The high temperature disorients the shark.
(b) The high temperature makes it hungry for human flesh.
(c) The high temperature makes it irritable and hungry.
(d) The high temperature makes it uncomfortable and struggle to hunt and feed.

4. The owner and captain of the yacht was the wealthy shipping mogul Hermann Oelrichs. One of Oelrichs' goals was to debunk the myth that sharks were man-eaters. He felt certain that their bad publicity stemmed from pure fantasy. He had offered a reward of ____________ for proof that any person had ever been attacked by a shark.
(a) $5,000.
(b) $100.
(c) $50.
(d) $500.

5. What happened to the two long distance swimmers on July 6, 1916?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The shark bumped into one of them.
(c) They were followed by the shark but were not attacked.
(d) The shark attacked one of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. The wealthy family of Dr. Eugene Vansant rode in a Pullman with their nannies and servants for a stay in ______________.

2. There was disagreement among the public as to what killed Charles. Some thought a shark was the culprit, others were convinced that _____________ was the predator.

3. What had appeared in the paper about the attack?

4. 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?

5. The only known creatures that on rare occasions are known to attack great whites of this size are what?

(see the answer key)

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