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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 editorial ended with what conclusion?
(a) Sharks did present a slight danger to man.
(b) Sharks did present a significant danger to man.
(c) Sharks did not present a danger to man.
(d) Man did present a danger to sharks.

2. By ____________ years of age, the white shark nearly doubles in size, making it nearly invincible in its environment.
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Eight.

3. What probably made Charles more vulnerable?
(a) He was bleeding.
(b) He was holding onto his dog.
(c) He was a lone swimmer.
(d) He was not very strong.

4. What might have been the reason for the hotel to keep down word of the incident?
(a) To avoid a law suit.
(b) To avoid depressing the tourist trade.
(c) To see if the boy had been attacked by a shark or had drowned.
(d) To avoid mass chaos and fear.

5. The people irrationally linked the great white attack to what?
(a) German U-Boats.
(b) God's wrath.
(c) The U.S. Navy.
(d) Unruly teenagers.

Short Answer Questions

1. The shark attacked, biting Charles where?

2. Long distance swimmer, Robert W. Dowling, ________________, announced he would swim out four miles in the Atlantic--sharks be damned!

3. Since it was unusual for the young white shark to be close to the shore in July 1916, experts later theorized that the lone predator was led toward shore by ________________.

4. What had appeared in the paper about the attack?

5. Word spread about the experiment with what conclusion?

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