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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Dowling swear?
(a) He would never swim in the ocean again.
(b) He would never swim again.
(c) He would catch the shark.
(d) He would help to save those attacked by sharks.

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

7. 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 ________________.
(a) Hunger.
(b) Scents and currents and hunger.
(c) Feelings of loneliness.
(d) The currents and the smell of humans.

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

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

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

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

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

13. Leonard Hill planned to swim out a quarter-mile from the coast and then ________ miles due south.
(a) Seven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Five.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The shark was estimated to be _______ feet long and weighed around 500 pounds.

2. The first to reach Charles was who?

3. The only known evidence of a shark attack had been what?

4. In large part, why has the great white escaped scientific scrutiny?

5. Noted _________________ Dr. John Treadwell Nichols was called in to investigate the attack.

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