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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. Confused by the coastline, the shark swam into the mouth of what creek?
(a) Matawan Creek.
(b) Flint Creek.
(c) Muscogee Creek.
(d) Indian Creek.

2. 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 dolphin or ray.
(b) A giant squid or octopus.
(c) An orca or rogue whale.
(d) A large sea turtle or rogue tuna.

3. On July ________, 1916, Renny Cartan, Jr., his cousin Johnson Cartan, and some other friends took off for the swimming hole at the nearby creek.
(a) 15.
(b) 22.
(c) 11.
(d) 29.

4. As the young shark develops, his hunger turns him toward prey such as _______________.
(a) Seals and dolphins.
(b) Humans.
(c) Orcas and whales.
(d) Small fish and crustaceans.

5. 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 drowned.
(b) He had a cramp and had to swim to the shore.
(c) He had been chased by a shark.
(d) He had a heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. The next day, articles appeared in both the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer about the shark attack. Where were these articles located?

2. In July _________, the luxury yacht, Hildegard, set off on an outing in the Atlantic off the New York coast.

3. Dr. Sir Victor Coppleson, __________________ surgeon, coined the phrase "rogue shark."

4. Why might the shark not have been hungry for a short while?

5. The beach-goers of that year made up the largest gathering in the ____________ to date.

(see the answer key)

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