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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. Many years later, ichthyologist George Burgess concluded that the shark was a _________, serial killer, but in the rhetoric of the day, the shark was a sea monster.
(a) Maniac.
(b) Beast.
(c) Rogue.
(d) Monster.

2. Since the incident, experts have determined that swimmers who swim with dogs are at greater risk from shark attack. Why?
(a) Due to the relationship between men and canines.
(b) Due to the dog's erratic movements in the water.
(c) Due to the strong scent a dog gives off.
(d) Due to the sounds a dog makes.

3. The man the reporters visited was director of what?
(a) The Rose Center.
(b) The Sony Wonder Lab.
(c) The American Museum of Natural History.
(d) Liberty Science Center.

4. The shark had traveled ____________ miles north from Beach Haven.
(a) Forty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty.

5. As the shark-patrol steered its motorboats back and forth, hunting for the shark, the shark was doing what?
(a) Picking up the many vibrations and sensations that the boats were causing.
(b) Hunting for humans.
(c) Heading north.
(d) Heading south.

Short Answer Questions

1. Later scientists attributed Oelrichs' success to what probability?

2. The people irrationally linked the great white attack to what?

3. Was it common to see sharks along the Atlantic coast?

4. What rumors were rampant?

5. The shark attacked, biting Charles where?

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