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

2. The beach-goers of that year made up the largest gathering in the ____________ to date.
(a) Country.
(b) Region.
(c) East.
(d) State.

3. The editorial noted that people had an unnatural ___________ sharks.
(a) Fear of.
(b) Interest in.
(c) Anger toward.
(d) Power over.

4. As Gertrude stroked along parallel to the coastline, what happened to her?
(a) She was suddenly pulled under water.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She felt a sharp pain in her side.
(d) She was suddenly attacked by a shark.

5. Charles sensed that he was being followed and probably felt he had reached safety. Why did he feel safe?
(a) He believed sharks were not dangerous.
(b) He thought he could swim faster than the shark.
(c) He was in water that was only three and a half feet deep.
(d) He thought the shark following him was a figment of his imagination.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the time Oelrichs died in __________, no proof of the shark's danger to man had been produced.

2. What did the swimmers do after they learned what danger they had been in?

3. Since the incident, experts have determined that swimmers who swim with dogs are at greater risk from shark attack. Why?

4. As beach goers ran in to try to pull Charles ashore, the shark with bits of Charles' flesh in his mouth, did what?

5. As the young shark develops, his hunger turns him toward prey such as _______________.

(see the answer key)

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