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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There was a report of a thirteen-foot tiger shark that was towed ashore while still alive regurgitating, among other items, what?
(a) A small school of fish.
(b) A rubber tire.
(c) A well-preserved human arm.
(d) A squid.

2. By ____________ years of age, the white shark nearly doubles in size, making it nearly invincible in its environment.
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

3. For what was the shark waiting?
(a) For its prey to escape.
(b) For its prey to swim farther out into the water.
(c) For other sharks to come help it catch its prey.
(d) For its prey to bleed to death.

4. What did the men do to attract the shark?
(a) They shot into the water.
(b) They spread trails of blood behind their boats.
(c) They swam in the water around the boat.
(d) They called out for the shark.

5. 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?
(a) Went to the movies.
(b) Went dancing.
(c) Had dinner.
(d) Strolled along the boardwalk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A sense of ___________________ is felt by the end of the first chapter.

3. As the young shark develops, his hunger turns him toward prey such as _______________.

4. As beach goers ran in to try to pull Charles ashore, the shark with bits of Charles' flesh in his mouth, did what?

5. The editorial ended with what conclusion?

(see the answer key)

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