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

2. What rumors were rampant?
(a) Sharks were patrolling offshore.
(b) The young people were causing problems on the beach.
(c) The water was polluted.
(d) German U-boats were patrolling offshore.

3. Beach life had deteriorated in some minds from the many young people visiting, who engaged in what?
(a) Gambling and drinking.
(b) Aggressive sporting events.
(c) Dates without chaperones.
(d) Heavy drinking and dancing to suggestive songs.

4. The thousands of ________________ that cover their skin aid in their maneuverability and speed.
(a) Denticles.
(b) Scales.
(c) Barnacles.
(d) Derma.

5. What were women doing that was scandalous to many?
(a) They were not enjoying the beach environment.
(b) They were exposing their arms and legs and wearing scandalous clinging wool suits.
(c) They were talking to boys.
(d) They were going on dates.

Short Answer Questions

1. The beach-goers of that year made up the largest gathering in the ____________ to date.

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

3. Has the force of the great white's bite ever been measured?

4. In 1915, a _______________ editorial was written entitled, "Let Us Do Justice To Sharks."

5. Twenty-six teeth are contained in the top row and ______________ in the bottom row.

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