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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A shark can smell prey ___________________ away.
(a) A half-mile.
(b) A quarter-mile.
(c) A mile.
(d) One hundred feet.

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

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

4. By the time Oelrichs died in __________, no proof of the shark's danger to man had been produced.
(a) 1901.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1900.

5. Twenty-six teeth are contained in the top row and ______________ in the bottom row.
(a) Twenty-two.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Twenty-six.
(d) Twenty-eight.

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

7. 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) Another person screaming in the water.
(c) The shark as it attacked Charles' would-be lifesaver.
(d) A large wave.

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

9. In July _________, the luxury yacht, Hildegard, set off on an outing in the Atlantic off the New York coast.
(a) 1901.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1891.

10. 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?
(a) The high temperature makes it hungry for human flesh.
(b) The high temperature makes it irritable and hungry.
(c) The high temperature disorients the shark.
(d) The high temperature makes it uncomfortable and struggle to hunt and feed.

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

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

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

14. The shark stayed in the struggle until when?
(a) It decided it was full.
(b) It was shot by a man on the beach.
(c) Its underside was scraping the sand.
(d) It was attacked by those helping Charles.

15. ______________________ of working-class men and women migrated across downtown Philadelphia to the coast on the first day of July 1916.
(a) Dozens.
(b) Millions.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Hundreds.

Short Answer Questions

1. The only known creatures that on rare occasions are known to attack great whites of this size are what?

2. 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.

3. The first to reach Charles was who?

4. Long distance swimmer, Robert W. Dowling, ________________, announced he would swim out four miles in the Atlantic--sharks be damned!

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

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