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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. The great white, even in modern times, remains what?
(a) A significant danger to man.
(b) Of no interest to man.
(c) Much of a mystery.
(d) A creature of interest.

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

4. There were some ______________ people in the water the day following the attack on Charles Vansant.
(a) 50,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 500,000.

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

6. For what was the shark waiting?
(a) For its prey to escape.
(b) For its prey to swim farther out into the water.
(c) For other sharks to come help it catch its prey.
(d) For its prey to bleed to death.

7. 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?
(a) A tropical storm.
(b) The smell of humans.
(c) A strong hurricane.
(d) The strong current of the Gulf Stream.

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

9. The first to reach Charles was who?
(a) His fiancee.
(b) The hotel manager.
(c) Alexander Ott.
(d) His father.

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

11. The hotel manager, ___________________, immediately ordered his telephone operators to notify the operators in all the hotels on the north and central coast.
(a) Damian B. Parsons.
(b) Daniel B. Plickard.
(c) David B. Plumer.
(d) Darrel B. Pickering.

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

13. The editorial ended with what conclusion?
(a) Sharks did not present a danger to man.
(b) Sharks did present a significant danger to man.
(c) Man did present a danger to sharks.
(d) Sharks did present a slight danger to man.

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

15. What was significant about the popular black and dark blue bathing suits?
(a) They were very unattractive.
(b) They were the same colors as great whites.
(c) They were the exact colors of marine animals that the shark savored.
(d) They were not appealing to sharks.

Short Answer Questions

1. The great white that attacked the swimmer in 1916 was probably born in the Atlantic around ___________.

2. Of what was Bruder certain regarding Vansant?

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

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

5. Twenty-six teeth are contained in the top row and ______________ in the bottom row.

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