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

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

3. Later scientists attributed Oelrichs' success to what probability?
(a) The great whites were not hungry at the time he jumped in the water.
(b) The sharks were small, non-aggressive species.
(c) He thought a school of orcas were actually sharks.
(d) The sharks were juvenile great whites.

4. The only known creatures that on rare occasions are known to attack great whites of this size are what?
(a) Blue whales and orcas.
(b) Seals and dolphins.
(c) Dolphins, sperm whales, and larger great whites.
(d) Larger great whites, sperm whales and orcas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. There was disagreement among the public as to what killed Charles. Some thought a shark was the culprit, others were convinced that _____________ was the predator.

2. By the time Oelrichs died in __________, no proof of the shark's danger to man had been produced.

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

4. What rumors were rampant?

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

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