1. By the time Oelrichs died in __________, no proof of the shark's danger to man had been produced.
(a) 1901.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1900.

2. An influx of salt water to the creek did what?
(a) Forced the shark to enter the creek.
(b) It helped give the shark new life.
(c) Confused the shark.
(d) Made the shark ill.

3. The shark attacked, biting Charles where?
(a) Below the elbow.
(b) On the foot.
(c) Below the knee.
(d) Around the waste.

4. The _______________ Hotel's young bell captain, Charles Bruder, decided to slip away for an afternoon swim.
(a) Essex.
(b) Lenox.
(c) Sussex.
(d) Hilton.

5. A shark can smell prey ___________________ away.
(a) A mile.
(b) One hundred feet.
(c) A half-mile.
(d) A quarter-mile.

Short Answer Questions

1. The shark that attacked in 1916 had returned from the southern waters where he had suffered in his competition with many larger predators. He was tossed northward by what?

2. Lucas had sent whom to the scene of the shark attack on Charles Bruder?

3. On July ________, 1916, Renny Cartan, Jr., his cousin Johnson Cartan, and some other friends took off for the swimming hole at the nearby creek.

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

5. A lunar eclipse would be occurring on July _______ that year.

(see the answer key)

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