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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. The editorial noted that people had an unnatural ___________ sharks.
(a) Anger toward.
(b) Interest in.
(c) Power over.
(d) Fear of.

2. 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) Strolled along the boardwalk.
(c) Went dancing.
(d) Had dinner.

3. The first to reach Charles was who?
(a) His fiancee.
(b) The hotel manager.
(c) His father.
(d) Alexander Ott.

4. As the young shark develops, his hunger turns him toward prey such as _______________.
(a) Small fish and crustaceans.
(b) Seals and dolphins.
(c) Humans.
(d) Orcas and whales.

5. The wealthy family of Dr. Eugene Vansant rode in a Pullman with their nannies and servants for a stay in ______________.
(a) Beach Haven.
(b) Howard Beach.
(c) Wilmington Beach.
(d) Far Rockaway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Newly born white sharks measure up to _______ feet and weigh up to eight-five pounds.

2. 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?

3. 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.

4. A young man waded out in the Atlantic, his ______________ dog alongside his master.

5. As beach goers ran in to try to pull Charles ashore, the shark with bits of Charles' flesh in his mouth, did what?

(see the answer key)

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