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

2. 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 ________________.
(a) The currents and the smell of humans.
(b) Scents and currents and hunger.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Feelings of loneliness.

3. The only known evidence of a shark attack had been what?
(a) A blurry photo of a shark ready to chomp down on a man.
(b) There has been no evidence.
(c) A death certificate saying that someone had died from a shark bite.
(d) Tall tales by sailors and fishermen.

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

5. The only known creatures that on rare occasions are known to attack great whites of this size are what?
(a) Blue whales and orcas.
(b) Dolphins, sperm whales, and larger great whites.
(c) Seals and dolphins.
(d) Larger great whites, sperm whales and orcas.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________________ 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.

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

3. Word spread about the experiment with what conclusion?

4. Who does the boy miss at the beginning of the book?

5. The shark that attacked in 1916 had returned from the southern waters where he had suffered in his competition with many larger predators. He was tossed northward by what?

(see the answer key)

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