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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. A sense of ___________________ is felt by the end of the first chapter.
(a) Excitement.
(b) Relief.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Foreboding.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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.

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

5. Though young sharks can seem slow-moving, when stimulated they can reach speeds of ____________ miles per hour.

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