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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Since the incident, experts have determined that swimmers who swim with dogs are at greater risk from shark attack. Why?
(a) Due to the dog's erratic movements in the water.
(b) Due to the sounds a dog makes.
(c) Due to the relationship between men and canines.
(d) Due to the strong scent a dog gives off.

2. After the shark attacked, what had happened to Bruder?
(a) The shark bumped into him.
(b) The shark had scraped his side.
(c) The shark had bitten his hand.
(d) The shark had bitten off his feet.

3. The great white that attacked the swimmer in 1916 was probably born in the Atlantic around ___________.
(a) 1900.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1912.

4. The shark was estimated to be _______ feet long and weighed around 500 pounds.
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Ten.

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

6. Has the force of the great white's bite ever been measured?
(a) Yes, but the evidence is not solid.
(b) Yes, but the measurement was made on a juvenile shark.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

7. What were women doing that was scandalous to many?
(a) They were exposing their arms and legs and wearing scandalous clinging wool suits.
(b) They were talking to boys.
(c) They were not enjoying the beach environment.
(d) They were going on dates.

8. Bruder's injuries and death were recorded and attributed to what?
(a) Shark bite.
(b) Unknown sources.
(c) Orca bite.
(d) Fish bite.

9. In 1915, a _______________ editorial was written entitled, "Let Us Do Justice To Sharks."
(a) USA Today.
(b) New Yorker.
(c) New York Times.
(d) New York Post.

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

11. What did the swimmers do after they learned what danger they had been in?
(a) They decided to go for another swim.
(b) They went looking for the shark.
(c) They ignored the information.
(d) They changed their vacation plans immediately.

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

13. Eugene and Louisa Vansant did what with their daughters at dusk while their eldest child, Charles, romped with the family dog in the waters off the beach?
(a) Strolled along the boardwalk.
(b) Had dinner.
(c) Went to the movies.
(d) Went dancing.

14. The only known evidence of a shark attack had been what?
(a) Tall tales by sailors and fishermen.
(b) A death certificate saying that someone had died from a shark bite.
(c) There has been no evidence.
(d) A blurry photo of a shark ready to chomp down on a man.

15. Charles sensed that he was being followed and probably felt he had reached safety. Why did he feel safe?
(a) He thought the shark following him was a figment of his imagination.
(b) He thought he could swim faster than the shark.
(c) He believed sharks were not dangerous.
(d) He was in water that was only three and a half feet deep.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the time Oelrichs died in __________, no proof of the shark's danger to man had been produced.

2. Of what was Bruder certain regarding Vansant?

3. What happened to the two long distance swimmers on July 6, 1916?

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

5. The owner and captain of the yacht was the wealthy shipping mogul Hermann Oelrichs. One of Oelrichs' goals was to debunk the myth that sharks were man-eaters. He felt certain that their bad publicity stemmed from pure fantasy. He had offered a reward of ____________ for proof that any person had ever been attacked by a shark.

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