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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. The reporters had endless questions about what?
(a) Sharks.
(b) Attacks on humans by animals.
(c) Sea creatures.
(d) Man-eating sharks.

2. By Saturday, July 15, Coney Island and Brighton Beach had lost an estimated __________________ beach goers, replaced by gangs of men armed with guns and spears bent on killing sharks.
(a) 5,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 500.

3. How was Fisher able to fight against the shark?
(a) He was quick.
(b) He was brave.
(c) He was an athletically built man.
(d) He was smart.

4. Word spread about the experiment with what conclusion?
(a) Sharks feared men.
(b) Sharks were not very intelligent.
(c) Sharks were no match for men.
(d) Sharks were dangerous to mankind.

5. The next day, articles appeared in both the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer about the shark attack. Where were these articles located?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) In the middle of the newspapers.
(c) On front pages.
(d) On back pages.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. News spread of the horrific incident. Some fishermen swore what?

4. The shark that attacked in 1916 had returned from the southern waters where he had suffered in his competition with many larger predators. He was tossed northward by what?

5. A lunar eclipse would be occurring on July _______ that year.

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