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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. Most of the flesh on Fisher's thigh from his hip to his knee was gone. When a doctor was finally rounded up, he observed that the bone was not severed but his ____________ artery was bleeding profusely.
(a) Systemic.
(b) Femoral.
(c) Elastic.
(d) Pulmonary.

2. As Gertrude stroked along parallel to the coastline, what happened to her?
(a) She felt a sharp pain in her side.
(b) She was suddenly pulled under water.
(c) Nothing.
(d) She was suddenly attacked by a shark.

3. Benjamin Everingham had been instructed to bring a rifle and ax along. Why did he not bring any weapons?
(a) He forgot.
(b) He thought there was no real threat.
(c) He did not feel comfortable carrying weapons.
(d) He could not find a rifle or ax.

4. Why is it difficult to catch serial-killing man-eating sharks?
(a) The water conceals their crimes and aids in their escape.
(b) These sharks are very intelligent and devious.
(c) Men do not know much about sea creatures.
(d) The sharks are shy.

5. ___________________ of sharks were hunted down and slaughtered.
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Dozens.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Tens of thousands.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Men all over the region were reaching for their rifles and harpoons to hunt the beast down and kill it. A _______________ dollar reward was offered by the mayor of Matawan for the person who killed it.

3. The person attempting to pull Charles toward the shore was stopped suddenly by what?

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

5. Was it common to see sharks along the Atlantic coast?

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