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

2. Leonard Hill planned to swim out a quarter-mile from the coast and then ________ miles due south.
(a) Nine.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Eleven.

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

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) Indianapolis.
(b) New York City.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Boston.

5. The great white that attacked the swimmer in 1916 was probably born in the Atlantic around ___________.
(a) 1912.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1908.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first to reach Charles was who?

2. A shark can smell prey ___________________ away.

3. The editorial noted that people had an unnatural ___________ sharks.

4. For what was the shark waiting?

5. The Vansants stayed at the stylish _____________ Hotel, where the upper crust enjoyed their respite.

(see the answer key)

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