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

2. The editorial noted that people had an unnatural ___________ sharks.
(a) Interest in.
(b) Power over.
(c) Anger toward.
(d) Fear of.

3. Charles sensed that he was being followed and probably felt he had reached safety. Why did he feel safe?
(a) He thought the shark following him was a figment of his imagination.
(b) He thought he could swim faster than the shark.
(c) He was in water that was only three and a half feet deep.
(d) He believed sharks were not dangerous.

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

5. The next day, articles appeared in both the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer about the shark attack. Where were these articles located?
(a) On front pages.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) In the middle of the newspapers.
(d) On back pages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Word spread about the experiment with what conclusion?

2. What were women doing that was scandalous to many?

3. The person attempting to pull Charles toward the shore was stopped suddenly by what?

4. As the young shark develops, his hunger turns him toward prey such as _______________.

5. The owner and captain of the yacht was the wealthy shipping mogul Hermann Oelrichs. One of Oelrichs' goals was to debunk the myth that sharks were man-eaters. He felt certain that their bad publicity stemmed from pure fantasy. He had offered a reward of ____________ for proof that any person had ever been attacked by a shark.

(see the answer key)

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