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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. What were women doing that was scandalous to many?
(a) They were not enjoying the beach environment.
(b) They were talking to boys.
(c) They were going on dates.
(d) They were exposing their arms and legs and wearing scandalous clinging wool suits.

2. ______________________ of working-class men and women migrated across downtown Philadelphia to the coast on the first day of July 1916.
(a) Thousands.
(b) Millions.
(c) Dozens.
(d) Hundreds.

3. The headline in the Times read, "_____________________."
(a) Dies After Attack by Shark.
(b) Dies From Drowning.
(c) Dies After Attack by Fish.
(d) Dies From Too Much Fun on the Beach.

4. What was significant about the popular black and dark blue bathing suits?
(a) They were the same colors as great whites.
(b) They were not appealing to sharks.
(c) They were the exact colors of marine animals that the shark savored.
(d) They were very unattractive.

5. This editorial cited the fact that twenty-five years had passed since Oelrichs' swim with the sharks and _____ evidence had come forth of a shark attacking a man.
(a) A great deal of.
(b) No.
(c) Some.
(d) Very little.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The editorial ended with what conclusion?

3. The shark was estimated to be _______ feet long and weighed around 500 pounds.

4. What happened to the two long distance swimmers on July 6, 1916?

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

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