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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. 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.
(a) Five or six.
(b) Four or five.
(c) Three or four.
(d) Two or three.

2. In July _________, the luxury yacht, Hildegard, set off on an outing in the Atlantic off the New York coast.
(a) 1918.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1891.

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

4. The Vansants stayed at the stylish _____________ Hotel, where the upper crust enjoyed their respite.
(a) Edmonton.
(b) Eagles Nest.
(c) Engleside.
(d) Essex.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The great white that attacked the swimmer in 1916 was probably born in the Atlantic around ___________.

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

3. By ____________ years of age, the white shark nearly doubles in size, making it nearly invincible in its environment.

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

5. A sense of ___________________ is felt by the end of the first chapter.

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