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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 editorial ended with what conclusion?
(a) Man did present a danger to sharks.
(b) Sharks did present a significant danger to man.
(c) Sharks did not present a danger to man.
(d) Sharks did present a slight danger to man.

2. While the young shark is off the coast of Florida, it may be caught in the warm Gulf Stream currents, which does what to the shark?
(a) The high temperature makes it hungry for human flesh.
(b) The high temperature disorients the shark.
(c) The high temperature makes it irritable and hungry.
(d) The high temperature makes it uncomfortable and struggle to hunt and feed.

3. The damage to Bruder was so severe, a _________________ injury, that even with modern medical procedures, he could not have been saved.
(a) Code Red.
(b) Class one.
(c) Significant.
(d) Premier.

4. The beating with the oar and the gunshots had, like some old-time fishermen predicted, probably done what?
(a) Scared it south.
(b) Caused the shark to drift north.
(c) Killed the shark.
(d) Forced it farther out to sea.

5. What did the shark do to Renny?
(a) It smelled him.
(b) It bit him.
(c) It nipped him.
(d) It bumped into him.

Short Answer Questions

1. The shark had traveled ____________ miles north from Beach Haven.

2. Dr. Sir Victor Coppleson, __________________ surgeon, coined the phrase "rogue shark."

3. How was Fisher able to fight against the shark?

4. The next morning, retired ______________ Thomas V. Cottrell was walking along the bank of the creek.

5. Men all over the region were reaching for their rifles and harpoons to hunt the beast down and kill it. A _______________ dollar reward was offered by the mayor of Matawan for the person who killed it.

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