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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Charles Bruder want to do?
(a) He wanted to go surfing.
(b) He wanted to swim with the shark.
(c) He wanted to catch the shark.
(d) He wanted to outdo Dowling's recent swim.

3. This editorial cited the fact that twenty-five years had passed since Oelrichs' swim with the sharks and _____ evidence had come forth of a shark attacking a man.
(a) A great deal of.
(b) Some.
(c) No.
(d) Very little.

4. Bruder boasted that he was not afraid of sharks. Why was he not afraid?
(a) He had swum with sharks off the coast of California.
(b) He believed he could out-swim a shark.
(c) He did not believe in sharks.
(d) He believed he was stronger than a shark.

5. Word spread about the experiment with what conclusion?
(a) Sharks were no match for men.
(b) Sharks were dangerous to mankind.
(c) Sharks were not very intelligent.
(d) Sharks feared men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Someone on shore thought they saw what, which was actually blood?

2. The first to reach Charles was who?

3. The shark attacked, biting Charles where?

4. Beach life had deteriorated in some minds from the many young people visiting, who engaged in what?

5. The only known evidence of a shark attack had been what?

(see the answer key)

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