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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. Noted _________________ Dr. John Treadwell Nichols was called in to investigate the attack.
(a) Ichthyologist.
(b) Mammalogist.
(c) Ornithologist.
(d) Herpetologist.

2. While the young shark is off the coast of Florida, it may be caught in the warm Gulf Stream currents, which does what to the shark?
(a) The high temperature makes it uncomfortable and struggle to hunt and feed.
(b) The high temperature makes it hungry for human flesh.
(c) The high temperature disorients the shark.
(d) The high temperature makes it irritable and hungry.

3. The great white that attacked the swimmer in 1916 was probably born in the Atlantic around ___________.
(a) 1915.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1912.

4. The headline in the Times read, "_____________________."
(a) Dies After Attack by Shark.
(b) Dies After Attack by Fish.
(c) Dies From Too Much Fun on the Beach.
(d) Dies From Drowning.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What probably made Charles more vulnerable?

2. A new smell, the scent of _______________________, also would have piqued the interest of the shark.

3. _________________ 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.

4. In 1915, a _______________ editorial was written entitled, "Let Us Do Justice To Sharks."

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

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