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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) A great deal of.
(c) No.
(d) Some.

2. Though young sharks can seem slow-moving, when stimulated they can reach speeds of ____________ miles per hour.
(a) Thirty.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Twenty.

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

4. A young man waded out in the Atlantic, his ______________ dog alongside his master.
(a) Retriever.
(b) Old.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Show.

5. 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 amount of money her husband would spend at the casino.
(b) The location of their hotel.
(c) How the family would spend their leisure time.
(d) Some young women who were going to be parading around in revealing beach wear.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. Many years later, ichthyologist George Burgess concluded that the shark was a _________, serial killer, but in the rhetoric of the day, the shark was a sea monster.

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

4. The editorial noted that people had an unnatural ___________ sharks.

5. The shark attacked, biting Charles where?

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