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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. Twenty-six teeth are contained in the top row and ______________ in the bottom row.
(a) Twenty-eight.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Twenty-six.
(d) Twenty-four.

2. The great white that attacked the swimmer in 1916 was probably born in the Atlantic around ___________.
(a) 1915.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1912.

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

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

5. 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.
(a) Very little.
(b) No.
(c) Some.
(d) A great deal of.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The great white, even in modern times, remains what?

4. In large part, why has the great white escaped scientific scrutiny?

5. A sense of ___________________ is felt by the end of the first chapter.

(see the answer key)

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