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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. A sense of ___________________ is felt by the end of the first chapter.
(a) Relief.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Foreboding.
(d) Excitement.

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

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

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

5. The shark stayed in the struggle until when?
(a) It decided it was full.
(b) It was shot by a man on the beach.
(c) It was attacked by those helping Charles.
(d) Its underside was scraping the sand.

Short Answer Questions

1. In large part, why has the great white escaped scientific scrutiny?

2. What did the swimmers do after they learned what danger they had been in?

3. As beach goers ran in to try to pull Charles ashore, the shark with bits of Charles' flesh in his mouth, did what?

4. The first to reach Charles was who?

5. The editorial noted that people had an unnatural ___________ sharks.

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