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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 only known evidence of a shark attack had been what?
(a) There has been no evidence.
(b) Tall tales by sailors and fishermen.
(c) A death certificate saying that someone had died from a shark bite.
(d) A blurry photo of a shark ready to chomp down on a man.

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?
(a) A tropical storm.
(b) A strong hurricane.
(c) The strong current of the Gulf Stream.
(d) The smell of humans.

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

4. The people irrationally linked the great white attack to what?
(a) God's wrath.
(b) German U-Boats.
(c) Unruly teenagers.
(d) The U.S. Navy.

5. Charles sensed that he was being followed and probably felt he had reached safety. Why did he feel safe?
(a) He believed sharks were not dangerous.
(b) He thought he could swim faster than the shark.
(c) He was in water that was only three and a half feet deep.
(d) He thought the shark following him was a figment of his imagination.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the boy miss at the beginning of the book?

2. The shark attacked, biting Charles where?

3. A shark can smell prey ___________________ away.

4. Later scientists attributed Oelrichs' success to what probability?

5. The owner and captain of the yacht was the wealthy shipping mogul Hermann Oelrichs. One of Oelrichs' goals was to debunk the myth that sharks were man-eaters. He felt certain that their bad publicity stemmed from pure fantasy. He had offered a reward of ____________ for proof that any person had ever been attacked by a shark.

(see the answer key)

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