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

2. Though young sharks can seem slow-moving, when stimulated they can reach speeds of ____________ miles per hour.
(a) Fifty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Seventy.

3. People on the beach noticed what about Charles?
(a) His dog was paddling behind him.
(b) He looked fatigued.
(c) A dark fin was following closely behind him.
(d) He looked like he had been attacked.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Since it was unusual for the young white shark to be close to the shore in July 1916, experts later theorized that the lone predator was led toward shore by ________________.

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

3. Word spread about the experiment with what conclusion?

4. _________________ 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.

5. The first to reach Charles was who?

(see the answer key)

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