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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. Word spread about the experiment with what conclusion?
(a) Sharks were no match for men.
(b) Sharks feared men.
(c) Sharks were dangerous to mankind.
(d) Sharks were not very intelligent.

2. In large part, why has the great white escaped scientific scrutiny?
(a) It's numbers are too few.
(b) It is a very solitary animal.
(c) It is too large and powerful for captivity.
(d) It is not of interest to most ichthyologists.

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

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

5. On board were the architect Stanford White, New York Sun publisher Charles Dana, and close friend ___________________.
(a) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(b) Andrew Carnegie.
(c) J.P. Morgan.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. A new smell, the scent of _______________________, also would have piqued the interest of the shark.

2. The shark that attacked in 1916 had returned from the southern waters where he had suffered in his competition with many larger predators. He was tossed northward by what?

3. 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?

4. For what was the shark waiting?

5. The shark was estimated to be _______ feet long and weighed around 500 pounds.

(see the answer key)

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