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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The shark attacked, biting Charles where?
(a) Below the knee.
(b) Below the elbow.
(c) Around the waste.
(d) On the foot.

2. Who ordered everyone out of the water?
(a) Hotel management.
(b) The Coast Guard.
(c) The President of the United States.
(d) Hotel lifeguards.

3. The very next day, Gertrude Schuyler, from _________________, and her family were at a resort across from the spot where the shark had killed Charles Vansant.
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Indianapolis.
(c) New York City.
(d) Boston.

4. _______________ staff physician, Dr. William G. Schauffler, completed the official report.
(a) The Governor's.
(b) The President's.
(c) The hotel manager's.
(d) The Mayor's.

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

6. 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) A great deal of.
(b) Very little.
(c) No.
(d) Some.

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

8. What did some think had killed Charles Bruder?
(a) Another sea animal like an orca or a dolphin.
(b) Another person.
(c) The loch ness monster.
(d) Another sea animal like a swordfish or turtle.

9. Though young sharks can seem slow-moving, when stimulated they can reach speeds of ____________ miles per hour.
(a) Seventy.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifty.

10. The person attempting to pull Charles toward the shore was stopped suddenly by what?
(a) The shark had reappeared and was clamped down on Charles' leg.
(b) The shark as it attacked Charles' would-be lifesaver.
(c) A large wave.
(d) Another person screaming in the water.

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

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

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

14. Successive rows of additional teeth are poised behind the functional teeth, ready to replace them when they are discarded. Every ______________ weeks, a new, serrated set of teeth replaces the current set.
(a) Five or six.
(b) Three or four.
(c) Two or three.
(d) Four or five.

15. Someone on shore thought they saw what, which was actually blood?
(a) A red buoy.
(b) A red flag in the water.
(c) A red piece of clothing.
(d) A red canoe tip over.

Short Answer Questions

1. The _______________ Hotel's young bell captain, Charles Bruder, decided to slip away for an afternoon swim.

2. While the young shark is off the coast of Florida, it may be caught in the warm Gulf Stream currents, which does what to the shark?

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

4. Since it was unusual for the young white shark to be close to the shore in July 1916, experts later theorized that the lone predator was led toward shore by ________________.

5. Dr. Nichols, after viewing Bruder's wounds, concluded what?

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