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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. In 1915, a _______________ editorial was written entitled, "Let Us Do Justice To Sharks."
(a) New Yorker.
(b) USA Today.
(c) New York Times.
(d) New York Post.

2. What did some think had killed Charles Bruder?
(a) Another sea animal like an orca or a dolphin.
(b) The loch ness monster.
(c) Another sea animal like a swordfish or turtle.
(d) Another person.

3. The first to reach Charles was who?
(a) His fiancee.
(b) His father.
(c) The hotel manager.
(d) Alexander Ott.

4. Beach life had deteriorated in some minds from the many young people visiting, who engaged in what?
(a) Aggressive sporting events.
(b) Heavy drinking and dancing to suggestive songs.
(c) Gambling and drinking.
(d) Dates without chaperones.

5. The very next day, Gertrude Schuyler, from _________________, and her family were at a resort across from the spot where the shark had killed Charles Vansant.
(a) New York City.
(b) Indianapolis.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Boston.

Short Answer Questions

1. The shark attacked, biting Charles where?

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?

3. On board were the architect Stanford White, New York Sun publisher Charles Dana, and close friend ___________________.

4. Eugene and Louisa Vansant did what with their daughters at dusk while their eldest child, Charles, romped with the family dog in the waters off the beach?

5. What might have been the reason for the hotel to keep down word of the incident?

(see the answer key)

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