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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. What rumors were rampant?
(a) German U-boats were patrolling offshore.
(b) The young people were causing problems on the beach.
(c) Sharks were patrolling offshore.
(d) The water was polluted.

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

3. What did the swimmers do after they learned what danger they had been in?
(a) They decided to go for another swim.
(b) They ignored the information.
(c) They went looking for the shark.
(d) They changed their vacation plans immediately.

4. What did Dowling swear?
(a) He would never swim in the ocean again.
(b) He would catch the shark.
(c) He would never swim again.
(d) He would help to save those attacked by sharks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Since the incident, experts have determined that swimmers who swim with dogs are at greater risk from shark attack. Why?

3. The Vansants stayed at the stylish _____________ Hotel, where the upper crust enjoyed their respite.

4. The editorial ended with what conclusion?

5. _________________ miles up the coast from Beach Haven, the New Essex and Sussex Hotel occupied a large piece of real estate on the coast of Spring Lake.

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