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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This editorial cited the fact that twenty-five years had passed since Oelrichs' swim with the sharks and _____ evidence had come forth of a shark attacking a man.
(a) No.
(b) Some.
(c) A great deal of.
(d) Very little.

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

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

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

5. Has the force of the great white's bite ever been measured?
(a) Yes, but the measurement was made on a juvenile shark.
(b) Yes.
(c) Yes, but the evidence is not solid.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Vansants stayed at the stylish _____________ Hotel, where the upper crust enjoyed their respite.

2. ______________________ of working-class men and women migrated across downtown Philadelphia to the coast on the first day of July 1916.

3. Eugene and Louisa Vansant did what with their daughters at dusk while their eldest child, Charles, romped with the family dog in the waters off the beach?

4. By ____________ years of age, the white shark nearly doubles in size, making it nearly invincible in its environment.

5. In large part, why has the great white escaped scientific scrutiny?

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