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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. The _______________ Hotel's young bell captain, Charles Bruder, decided to slip away for an afternoon swim.
(a) Essex.
(b) Sussex.
(c) Hilton.
(d) Lenox.

6. Later scientists attributed Oelrichs' success to what probability?
(a) The great whites were not hungry at the time he jumped in the water.
(b) The sharks were juvenile great whites.
(c) He thought a school of orcas were actually sharks.
(d) The sharks were small, non-aggressive species.

7. 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) New York City.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Indianapolis.
(d) Boston.

8. Mrs. Vansant was somewhat concerned about the possible ruckus on the Jersey Shore due to the hordes of visitors expected and a controversy over what?
(a) The location of their hotel.
(b) How the family would spend their leisure time.
(c) Some young women who were going to be parading around in revealing beach wear.
(d) The amount of money her husband would spend at the casino.

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

10. People on the beach noticed what about Charles?
(a) He looked fatigued.
(b) He looked like he had been attacked.
(c) A dark fin was following closely behind him.
(d) His dog was paddling behind him.

11. Of what was Bruder certain regarding Vansant?
(a) He had not actually died.
(b) He had been killed by a shark.
(c) He had drowned.
(d) He was not killed by a shark.

12. A new smell, the scent of _______________________, also would have piqued the interest of the shark.
(a) Children.
(b) Human waste.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Fish.

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

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

15. The editorial noted that people had an unnatural ___________ sharks.
(a) Fear of.
(b) Anger toward.
(c) Interest in.
(d) Power over.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the boy miss at the beginning of the book?

2. What probably made Charles more vulnerable?

3. Bruder's injuries and death were recorded and attributed to what?

4. What rumors were rampant?

5. The wealthy family of Dr. Eugene Vansant rode in a Pullman with their nannies and servants for a stay in ______________.

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