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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. The editorial noted that people had an unnatural ___________ sharks.
(a) Anger toward.
(b) Interest in.
(c) Power over.
(d) Fear of.

2. By ____________ years of age, the white shark nearly doubles in size, making it nearly invincible in its environment.
(a) Ten.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

3. 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 makes it uncomfortable and struggle to hunt and feed.
(c) The high temperature disorients the shark.
(d) The high temperature makes it irritable and hungry.

4. The great white, even in modern times, remains what?
(a) A creature of interest.
(b) Much of a mystery.
(c) A significant danger to man.
(d) Of no interest to man.

5. ______________________ of working-class men and women migrated across downtown Philadelphia to the coast on the first day of July 1916.
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Dozens.
(c) Millions.
(d) Thousands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Newly born white sharks measure up to _______ feet and weigh up to eight-five pounds.

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

3. Beach life had deteriorated in some minds from the many young people visiting, who engaged in what?

4. The only known creatures that on rare occasions are known to attack great whites of this size are what?

5. A young man waded out in the Atlantic, his ______________ dog alongside his master.

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