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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. The next day, articles appeared in both the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer about the shark attack. Where were these articles located?
(a) In the middle of the newspapers.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) On back pages.
(d) On front pages.

2. The editorial ended with what conclusion?
(a) Man did present a danger to sharks.
(b) Sharks did present a slight danger to man.
(c) Sharks did not present a danger to man.
(d) Sharks did present a significant danger to man.

3. What did the swimmers do after they learned what danger they had been in?
(a) They went looking for the shark.
(b) They decided to go for another swim.
(c) They changed their vacation plans immediately.
(d) They ignored the information.

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

5. A shark can smell prey ___________________ away.
(a) One hundred feet.
(b) A mile.
(c) A half-mile.
(d) A quarter-mile.

Short Answer Questions

1. On board were the architect Stanford White, New York Sun publisher Charles Dana, and close friend ___________________.

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

3. The only known evidence of a shark attack had been what?

4. ______________________ of working-class men and women migrated across downtown Philadelphia to the coast on the first day of July 1916.

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

(see the answer key)

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