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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The only known creatures that on rare occasions are known to attack great whites of this size are what?
(a) Blue whales and orcas.
(b) Dolphins, sperm whales, and larger great whites.
(c) Larger great whites, sperm whales and orcas.
(d) Seals and dolphins.

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

3. The boys ran to Stanley Fisher, who was what?
(a) The best swimmer in town.
(b) The bravest man in town.
(c) The strongest man in town.
(d) The mayor of the town.

4. Why did Bruder give several bellmen a break to join at the beach?
(a) He was nice.
(b) He was lonely.
(c) It was hot in the hotel.
(d) His staff wasn't busy.

5. Has the force of the great white's bite ever been measured?
(a) Yes, but the evidence is not solid.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, but the measurement was made on a juvenile shark.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer 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?

2. Coppleson would one day refer to these attacks as those by the "____________" of New Jersey.

3. ________________ were strapped to the boats as gunmen stood waiting for the shark to surface.

4. Bruder's injuries and death were recorded and attributed to what?

5. The great white that attacked the swimmer in 1916 was probably born in the Atlantic around ___________.

(see the answer key)

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