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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. People on the beach noticed what about Charles?
(a) His dog was paddling behind him.
(b) A dark fin was following closely behind him.
(c) He looked like he had been attacked.
(d) He looked fatigued.

2. What had appeared in the paper about the attack?
(a) A small article on the back page.
(b) An article on the front page.
(c) Some information in the middle of the paper.
(d) Nothing.

3. ______________________ of working-class men and women migrated across downtown Philadelphia to the coast on the first day of July 1916.
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Dozens.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Millions.

4. Some hotel guests worried about the incident, others were sure the incident had been exaggerated and believed what had happened to the young man?
(a) He had been chased by a shark.
(b) He had a cramp and had to swim to the shore.
(c) He had drowned.
(d) He had a heart attack.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The person attempting to pull Charles toward the shore was stopped suddenly by what?

2. _________________ 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.

3. The _______________ Hotel's young bell captain, Charles Bruder, decided to slip away for an afternoon swim.

4. Word spread about the experiment with what conclusion?

5. The first to reach Charles was who?

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