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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. The wealthy family of Dr. Eugene Vansant rode in a Pullman with their nannies and servants for a stay in ______________.
(a) Beach Haven.
(b) Wilmington Beach.
(c) Howard Beach.
(d) Far Rockaway.

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

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

9. What had appeared in the paper about the attack?
(a) Some information in the middle of the paper.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A small article on the back page.
(d) An article on the front page.

10. Many years later, ichthyologist George Burgess concluded that the shark was a _________, serial killer, but in the rhetoric of the day, the shark was a sea monster.
(a) Rogue.
(b) Beast.
(c) Maniac.
(d) Monster.

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

12. As the young shark develops, his hunger turns him toward prey such as _______________.
(a) Orcas and whales.
(b) Humans.
(c) Seals and dolphins.
(d) Small fish and crustaceans.

13. The beach-goers of that year made up the largest gathering in the ____________ to date.
(a) State.
(b) Region.
(c) East.
(d) Country.

14. What happened to Charles Bruder on the way back to the shore?
(a) He lost consciousness.
(b) He began to feel better.
(c) He begged to go after the shark.
(d) He died.

15. What happened to the two long distance swimmers on July 6, 1916?
(a) The shark attacked one of them.
(b) The shark bumped into one of them.
(c) Nothing.
(d) They were followed by the shark but were not attacked.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The hotel manager, ___________________, immediately ordered his telephone operators to notify the operators in all the hotels on the north and central coast.

3. On board were the architect Stanford White, New York Sun publisher Charles Dana, and close friend ___________________.

4. The first to reach Charles was who?

5. Beach life had deteriorated in some minds from the many young people visiting, who engaged in what?

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