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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. One fact that made the thought of men being killed or eaten by sharks unrealistic to many was what?
(a) Men are too smart to be eaten by animals.
(b) Men are the strongest creatures on earth.
(c) Sharks are too small and weak.
(d) Such attacks had always occurred away from civilization and were virtually unrecorded.

2. Has the force of the great white's bite ever been measured?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, but the measurement was made on a juvenile shark.
(c) Yes, but the evidence is not solid.
(d) Yes.

3. The great white that attacked the swimmer in 1916 was probably born in the Atlantic around ___________.
(a) 1900.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1908.

4. Coppleson based his theory on the incidence of shark attacks that occurred when?
(a) After the advent of the sailboat in 1919.
(b) After the advent of swimming competitions in 1919.
(c) After the advent of the swimsuit in 1919.
(d) After the advent of the sport of surfing in 1919.

5. Newly born white sharks measure up to _______ feet and weigh up to eight-five pounds.
(a) Ten.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ordered everyone out of the water?

2. The next morning, retired ______________ Thomas V. Cottrell was walking along the bank of the creek.

3. Dr. Nichols, after viewing Bruder's wounds, concluded what?

4. Why might the juvenile shark that attacked the men have turned toward the coast when it reached Sandy Hook Bay on its northward migration?

5. What did the men do to attract the shark?

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