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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Newly born white sharks measure up to _______ feet and weigh up to eight-five pounds.
(a) Twelve.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

2. 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 amount of money her husband would spend at the casino.
(b) How the family would spend their leisure time.
(c) The location of their hotel.
(d) Some young women who were going to be parading around in revealing beach wear.

3. Who does the boy miss at the beginning of the book?
(a) His sister.
(b) His fiancee.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who ordered everyone out of the water?
(a) The President of the United States.
(b) Hotel management.
(c) Hotel lifeguards.
(d) The Coast Guard.

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

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

12. 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.
(a) $50.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $500.
(d) $100.

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

14. By the time Oelrichs died in __________, no proof of the shark's danger to man had been produced.
(a) 1912.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1901.

15. The next day, articles appeared in both the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer about the shark attack. Where were these articles located?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) On back pages.
(c) On front pages.
(d) In the middle of the newspapers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Word spread about the experiment with what conclusion?

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

3. What did Charles Bruder want to do?

4. _________________ miles up the coast from Beach Haven, the New Essex and Sussex Hotel occupied a large piece of real estate on the coast of Spring Lake.

5. As Gertrude stroked along parallel to the coastline, what happened to her?

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