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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were women doing that was scandalous to many?
(a) They were going on dates.
(b) They were not enjoying the beach environment.
(c) They were exposing their arms and legs and wearing scandalous clinging wool suits.
(d) They were talking to boys.

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

4. What rumors were rampant?
(a) The young people were causing problems on the beach.
(b) The water was polluted.
(c) German U-boats were patrolling offshore.
(d) Sharks were patrolling offshore.

5. 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) Four or five.
(b) Three or four.
(c) Five or six.
(d) Two or three.

6. The headline in the Times read, "_____________________."
(a) Dies From Drowning.
(b) Dies From Too Much Fun on the Beach.
(c) Dies After Attack by Shark.
(d) Dies After Attack by Fish.

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

8. There was disagreement among the public as to what killed Charles. Some thought a shark was the culprit, others were convinced that _____________ was the predator.
(a) A large sea turtle or rogue tuna.
(b) A dolphin or ray.
(c) A giant squid or octopus.
(d) An orca or rogue whale.

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

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

11. Why did Bruder give several bellmen a break to join at the beach?
(a) It was hot in the hotel.
(b) He was nice.
(c) His staff wasn't busy.
(d) He was lonely.

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

13. By ____________ years of age, the white shark nearly doubles in size, making it nearly invincible in its environment.
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The owner and captain of the yacht was the wealthy shipping mogul Hermann Oelrichs. One of Oelrichs' goals was to debunk the myth that sharks were man-eaters. He felt certain that their bad publicity stemmed from pure fantasy. He had offered a reward of ____________ for proof that any person had ever been attacked by a shark.

2. As beach goers ran in to try to pull Charles ashore, the shark with bits of Charles' flesh in his mouth, did what?

3. Bruder boasted that he was not afraid of sharks. Why was he not afraid?

4. What might have been the reason for the hotel to keep down word of the incident?

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

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