1. The people irrationally linked the great white attack to what?
(a) The U.S. Navy.
(b) German U-Boats.
(c) Unruly teenagers.
(d) God's wrath.

2. Who does the boy miss at the beginning of the book?
(a) His mother.
(b) His fiancee.
(c) His sister.
(d) His brother.

3. What might have been the reason for the hotel to keep down word of the incident?
(a) To avoid a law suit.
(b) To avoid depressing the tourist trade.
(c) To avoid mass chaos and fear.
(d) To see if the boy had been attacked by a shark or had drowned.

4. Newly born white sharks measure up to _______ feet and weigh up to eight-five pounds.
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.

5. What happened to the two long distance swimmers on July 6, 1916?
(a) They were followed by the shark but were not attacked.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The shark attacked one of them.
(d) The shark bumped into one of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. As Gertrude stroked along parallel to the coastline, what happened to her?

3. When Lester was pulled under by the shark, the boys ran into town and told ___________________ what had happened.

4. Leonard Hill planned to swim out a quarter-mile from the coast and then ________ miles due south.

5. The man the reporters visited was director of what?

(see the answer key)

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