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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. On board were the architect Stanford White, New York Sun publisher Charles Dana, and close friend ___________________.
(a) Andrew Carnegie.
(b) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) J.P. Morgan.

2. 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 ________________.
(a) Hunger.
(b) The currents and the smell of humans.
(c) Feelings of loneliness.
(d) Scents and currents and hunger.

3. Most of the flesh on Fisher's thigh from his hip to his knee was gone. When a doctor was finally rounded up, he observed that the bone was not severed but his ____________ artery was bleeding profusely.
(a) Pulmonary.
(b) Systemic.
(c) Elastic.
(d) Femoral.

4. As Gertrude stroked along parallel to the coastline, what happened to her?
(a) She was suddenly attacked by a shark.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She was suddenly pulled under water.
(d) She felt a sharp pain in her side.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ordered everyone out of the water?

2. Coppleson applied his theory to many locales around the world, including South Africa, Puerto Rico and _________________.

3. Confused by the coastline, the shark swam into the mouth of what creek?

4. Coppleson cited the North Atlantic attacks of 1916 as those of a rogue shark, even though many American experts maintained what belief?

5. Suddenly, Joseph was being pulled down by his leg. His brother Michael and a rescuer, Jacob Lefferts, both leaped in the water and tried to wrest Joseph from the shark's mouth. They were able to pull Joseph out and onto whose boat?

(see the answer key)

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