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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. Later scientists attributed Oelrichs' success to what probability?
(a) He thought a school of orcas were actually sharks.
(b) The great whites were not hungry at the time he jumped in the water.
(c) The sharks were juvenile great whites.
(d) The sharks were small, non-aggressive species.

2. 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?
(a) Went dancing.
(b) Had dinner.
(c) Strolled along the boardwalk.
(d) Went to the movies.

3. The only known evidence of a shark attack had been what?
(a) A blurry photo of a shark ready to chomp down on a man.
(b) A death certificate saying that someone had died from a shark bite.
(c) There has been no evidence.
(d) Tall tales by sailors and fishermen.

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

5. The beach-goers of that year made up the largest gathering in the ____________ to date.
(a) Country.
(b) Region.
(c) State.
(d) East.

Short Answer Questions

1. The editorial ended with what conclusion?

2. Word spread about the experiment with what conclusion?

3. The thousands of ________________ that cover their skin aid in their maneuverability and speed.

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

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

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