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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. There were some ______________ people in the water the day following the attack on Charles Vansant.
(a) 500,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 50,000.

2. As the young shark develops, his hunger turns him toward prey such as _______________.
(a) Small fish and crustaceans.
(b) Orcas and whales.
(c) Seals and dolphins.
(d) Humans.

3. 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) $500.
(b) $100.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $50.

4. What might have been the reason for the hotel to keep down word of the incident?
(a) To avoid depressing the tourist trade.
(b) To avoid mass chaos and fear.
(c) To see if the boy had been attacked by a shark or had drowned.
(d) To avoid a law suit.

5. By the time Oelrichs died in __________, no proof of the shark's danger to man had been produced.
(a) 1912.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1906.

Short Answer Questions

1. Charles sensed that he was being followed and probably felt he had reached safety. Why did he feel safe?

2. _________________ miles up the coast from Beach Haven, the New Essex and Sussex Hotel occupied a large piece of real estate on the coast of Spring Lake.

3. In large part, why has the great white escaped scientific scrutiny?

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

5. Long distance swimmer, Robert W. Dowling, ________________, announced he would swim out four miles in the Atlantic--sharks be damned!

(see the answer key)

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