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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. In 1915, a _______________ editorial was written entitled, "Let Us Do Justice To Sharks."
(a) USA Today.
(b) New York Post.
(c) New Yorker.
(d) New York Times.

2. Mrs. Vansant was somewhat concerned about the possible ruckus on the Jersey Shore due to the hordes of visitors expected and a controversy over what?
(a) The location of their hotel.
(b) The amount of money her husband would spend at the casino.
(c) How the family would spend their leisure time.
(d) Some young women who were going to be parading around in revealing beach wear.

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

4. 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 disorients the shark.
(b) The high temperature makes it hungry for human flesh.
(c) The high temperature makes it irritable and hungry.
(d) The high temperature makes it uncomfortable and struggle to hunt and feed.

5. In July _________, the luxury yacht, Hildegard, set off on an outing in the Atlantic off the New York coast.
(a) 1881.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1891.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

5. Successive rows of additional teeth are poised behind the functional teeth, ready to replace them when they are discarded. Every ______________ weeks, a new, serrated set of teeth replaces the current set.

(see the answer key)

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