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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The next morning, retired ______________ Thomas V. Cottrell was walking along the bank of the creek.
(a) Navy Seal.
(b) Police Officer.
(c) Sea Captain.
(d) Army Sergeant.

2. The reporters had endless questions about what?
(a) Attacks on humans by animals.
(b) Sharks.
(c) Man-eating sharks.
(d) Sea creatures.

3. Suddenly, Joseph was being pulled down by his leg. His brother Michael and a rescuer, Jacob Lefferts, both leaped in the water and tried to wrest Joseph from the shark's mouth. They were able to pull Joseph out and onto whose boat?
(a) Renny Cartan's.
(b) Fisher's.
(c) Burlew's.
(d) Captain Cottrell's.

4. Most of the flesh on Fisher's thigh from his hip to his knee was gone. When a doctor was finally rounded up, he observed that the bone was not severed but his ____________ artery was bleeding profusely.
(a) Pulmonary.
(b) Femoral.
(c) Elastic.
(d) Systemic.

5. What happened to the animal at which they shot?
(a) It submerged and disappeared under the water.
(b) It attacked their boat.
(c) It died and floated on top of the water.
(d) It died and sank to the bottom of the ocean.

6. The men thought once the shark was killed, it would do what?
(a) Surface.
(b) Sink.
(c) Disintegrate.
(d) Go out to sea.

7. Dr. Sir Victor Coppleson, __________________ surgeon, coined the phrase "rogue shark."
(a) An English.
(b) A Norwegian.
(c) A German.
(d) An Australian.

8. Coppleson would one day refer to these attacks as those by the "____________" of New Jersey.
(a) Crazy shark.
(b) White shark.
(c) Wild shark.
(d) Mad shark.

9. Coppleson applied his theory to many locales around the world, including South Africa, Puerto Rico and _________________.
(a) New Zealand.
(b) The United States.
(c) China.
(d) Japan.

10. The boys ran to Stanley Fisher, who was what?
(a) The strongest man in town.
(b) The bravest man in town.
(c) The best swimmer in town.
(d) The mayor of the town.

11. Fisher and fisherman George _________________ made repeated dives into the murky water but could not find Lester.
(a) Barlow.
(b) Barrows.
(c) Burlew.
(d) Barringer.

12. A lunar eclipse would be occurring on July _______ that year.
(a) 24th.
(b) 14th.
(c) 27th.
(d) 20th.

13. Scientists have recently theorized that shark attacks may be caused by what?
(a) More humans in the water.
(b) Changes in coastal water temperatures.
(c) Lack of food.
(d) Sick sharks.

14. The beating with the oar and the gunshots had, like some old-time fishermen predicted, probably done what?
(a) Killed the shark.
(b) Forced it farther out to sea.
(c) Scared it south.
(d) Caused the shark to drift north.

15. What were placed at the mouth of the creek so the shark could not escape?
(a) Metal cages.
(b) Spears.
(c) Boats.
(d) Wire nets.

Short Answer Questions

1. The shark could have been reacting to the lunar pull, which caused what?

2. Why did the other boys not believe something hit Renny in the water?

3. When the attacks stopped, Coppleson took it as what evidence?

4. Men all over the region were reaching for their rifles and harpoons to hunt the beast down and kill it. A _______________ dollar reward was offered by the mayor of Matawan for the person who killed it.

5. What did Fisher set up so the boy's body wouldn't wash out to sea?

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