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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dr. William G. Schauffler immediately order?
(a) A great white shark expert.
(b) The closing of all beaches along the Atlantic.
(c) A study of sharks.
(d) That a patrol be formed to hunt down and kill the shark.

2. Who does the boy miss at the beginning of the book?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His fiancee.

3. There was disagreement among the public as to what killed Charles. Some thought a shark was the culprit, others were convinced that _____________ was the predator.
(a) A giant squid or octopus.
(b) An orca or rogue whale.
(c) A large sea turtle or rogue tuna.
(d) A dolphin or ray.

4. On July ____, 1916, a small group of men and their boats were organized to hunt the man-eater down.
(a) 7.
(b) 14.
(c) 21.
(d) 28.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the swimmers do after they learned what danger they had been in?

2. 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?

3. What had appeared in the paper about the attack?

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

5. In 1922, two _____________ were attacked and killed at the same location, Coogee Beach, by large sharks that struck them with such force that they were lifted from the water.

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