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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 and 22 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Noted _________________ Dr. John Treadwell Nichols was called in to investigate the attack.
(a) Mammalogist.
(b) Ichthyologist.
(c) Herpetologist.
(d) Ornithologist.

2. News spread of the horrific incident. Some fishermen swore what?
(a) It was most likely a shark that killed the man.
(b) The man had probably drowned.
(c) It wasn't a shark that killed the man.
(d) It was a pirana that had attacked the man.

3. The shark withstood the vengeance of man and days enduring life-threatening fresh water and made its way to ______________ Bay.
(a) Raritan.
(b) Corio.
(c) Sheepshead.
(d) Caneel.

4. By the time Oelrichs died in __________, no proof of the shark's danger to man had been produced.
(a) 1912.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1901.

5. An influx of salt water to the creek did what?
(a) Made the shark ill.
(b) It helped give the shark new life.
(c) Forced the shark to enter the creek.
(d) Confused the shark.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nichols still maintained that an orca was responsible for the attacks. He soon realized that what would not accommodate a killer whale?

2. Of what was Bruder certain regarding Vansant?

3. Confused by the coastline, the shark swam into the mouth of what creek?

4. ______________________ of working-class men and women migrated across downtown Philadelphia to the coast on the first day of July 1916.

5. Why can white sharks not survive in fresh water?

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