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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. Though young sharks can seem slow-moving, when stimulated they can reach speeds of ____________ miles per hour.
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Thirty.

2. What was Benjamin Everingham doing in the Asbury Avenue beach area?
(a) Warning swimmers.
(b) Building barriers.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Patrolling.

3. There were some ______________ people in the water the day following the attack on Charles Vansant.
(a) 500,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 50,000.

4. The shark stayed in the struggle until when?
(a) Its underside was scraping the sand.
(b) It was attacked by those helping Charles.
(c) It was shot by a man on the beach.
(d) It decided it was full.

5. Successive rows of additional teeth are poised behind the functional teeth, ready to replace them when they are discarded. Every ______________ weeks, a new, serrated set of teeth replaces the current set.
(a) Five or six.
(b) Two or three.
(c) Three or four.
(d) Four or five.

Short Answer Questions

1. The thousands of ________________ that cover their skin aid in their maneuverability and speed.

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

3. What did Dowling swear?

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

5. The boys ran to Stanley Fisher, who was what?

(see the answer key)

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