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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Vansants stayed at the stylish _____________ Hotel, where the upper crust enjoyed their respite.
(a) Edmonton.
(b) Essex.
(c) Eagles Nest.
(d) Engleside.

2. A young man waded out in the Atlantic, his ______________ dog alongside his master.
(a) Old.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Show.
(d) Retriever.

3. 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) On back pages.
(c) In the middle of the newspapers.
(d) On front pages.

4. Long distance swimmer, Robert W. Dowling, ________________, announced he would swim out four miles in the Atlantic--sharks be damned!
(a) Twenty.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Fifteen.

5. What rumors were rampant?
(a) Sharks were patrolling offshore.
(b) The young people were causing problems on the beach.
(c) German U-boats were patrolling offshore.
(d) The water was polluted.

6. The beach-goers of that year made up the largest gathering in the ____________ to date.
(a) State.
(b) Country.
(c) Region.
(d) East.

7. The damage to Bruder was so severe, a _________________ injury, that even with modern medical procedures, he could not have been saved.
(a) Significant.
(b) Premier.
(c) Code Red.
(d) Class one.

8. What did Charles Bruder want to do?
(a) He wanted to swim with the shark.
(b) He wanted to outdo Dowling's recent swim.
(c) He wanted to catch the shark.
(d) He wanted to go surfing.

9. By ____________ years of age, the white shark nearly doubles in size, making it nearly invincible in its environment.
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

10. What did Dr. William G. Schauffler immediately order?
(a) A great white shark expert.
(b) A study of sharks.
(c) That a patrol be formed to hunt down and kill the shark.
(d) The closing of all beaches along the Atlantic.

11. Who does the boy miss at the beginning of the book?
(a) His fiancee.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother.

12. This editorial cited the fact that twenty-five years had passed since Oelrichs' swim with the sharks and _____ evidence had come forth of a shark attacking a man.
(a) Some.
(b) Very little.
(c) No.
(d) A great deal of.

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

14. On board were the architect Stanford White, New York Sun publisher Charles Dana, and close friend ___________________.
(a) Andrew Carnegie.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(d) J.P. Morgan.

15. The only known creatures that on rare occasions are known to attack great whites of this size are what?
(a) Dolphins, sperm whales, and larger great whites.
(b) Larger great whites, sperm whales and orcas.
(c) Blue whales and orcas.
(d) Seals and dolphins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many years later, ichthyologist George Burgess concluded that the shark was a _________, serial killer, but in the rhetoric of the day, the shark was a sea monster.

2. The great white, even in modern times, remains what?

3. The shark had traveled ____________ miles north from Beach Haven.

4. What was significant about the popular black and dark blue bathing suits?

5. _________________ miles up the coast from Beach Haven, the New Essex and Sussex Hotel occupied a large piece of real estate on the coast of Spring Lake.

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