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

2. The wealthy family of Dr. Eugene Vansant rode in a Pullman with their nannies and servants for a stay in ______________.
(a) Wilmington Beach.
(b) Howard Beach.
(c) Beach Haven.
(d) Far Rockaway.

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

4. On board were the architect Stanford White, New York Sun publisher Charles Dana, and close friend ___________________.
(a) J.P. Morgan.
(b) Andrew Carnegie.
(c) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(d) Theodore Roosevelt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The only known creatures that on rare occasions are known to attack great whites of this size are what?

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

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

4. The beach-goers of that year made up the largest gathering in the ____________ to date.

5. Newly born white sharks measure up to _______ feet and weigh up to eight-five pounds.

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