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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 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) On front pages.
(c) On back pages.
(d) Nowhere.

2. The US Bureau of ______________ declared that people should not be deterred from going into the waters since "sharks were not vicious" (p. 82). Sharks were deemed to be less a threat to man than horses and dogs.
(a) Sharks.
(b) The Interior.
(c) Fisheries.
(d) Oceans.

3. For what was the shark waiting?
(a) For its prey to escape.
(b) For its prey to bleed to death.
(c) For other sharks to come help it catch its prey.
(d) For its prey to swim farther out into the water.

4. The expert and some of his assistants had witnessed sharks first hand and had observed how difficult it was for them to do what?
(a) Tear the flesh of large fish.
(b) Find a human scent in the water.
(c) Tear flesh from dead carcasses.
(d) Catch seals.

5. The attack made the ________________ in the newspapers.
(a) Back pages.
(b) Middle pages.
(c) Headlines.
(d) Second pages.

Short Answer Questions

1. A shark can smell prey ___________________ away.

2. What did Dr. William G. Schauffler immediately order?

3. What was wrong with the North Atlantic region for the shark?

4. Dr. Herbert Cooley at Keyport tended to Joseph when he was brought ashore. Joseph's ______________ received a large bite. The doctor treated the wound and had Joseph rushed to the hospital.

5. Just before they gave up, Fisher decided to dive one more time. He resurfaced and told Lester's waiting parents and the others what?

(see the answer key)

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