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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The shark attacked, biting Charles where?
(a) Below the knee.
(b) Around the waste.
(c) On the foot.
(d) Below the elbow.

2. People on the beach noticed what about Charles?
(a) His dog was paddling behind him.
(b) He looked like he had been attacked.
(c) A dark fin was following closely behind him.
(d) He looked fatigued.

3. The beach-goers of that year made up the largest gathering in the ____________ to date.
(a) Region.
(b) State.
(c) Country.
(d) East.

4. The shark was estimated to be _______ feet long and weighed around 500 pounds.
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A shark can smell prey ___________________ away.

2. As Gertrude stroked along parallel to the coastline, what happened to her?

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. The very next day, Gertrude Schuyler, from _________________, and her family were at a resort across from the spot where the shark had killed Charles Vansant.

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

(see the answer key)

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