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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. ___________________ of sharks were hunted down and slaughtered.
(a) Thousands.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Tens of thousands.
(d) Dozens.

3. 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.
(a) Two-hundred.
(b) Three-hundred.
(c) One-hundred.
(d) Five-hundred.

4. The man the reporters visited was director of what?
(a) The Sony Wonder Lab.
(b) The American Museum of Natural History.
(c) Liberty Science Center.
(d) The Rose Center.

5. Why did the other boys not believe something hit Renny in the water?
(a) They thought he was scraped by a branch.
(b) He always lied.
(c) He often exaggerated.
(d) They had not seen anything.

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

7. What did the shark do to Renny?
(a) It nipped him.
(b) It bumped into him.
(c) It smelled him.
(d) It bit him.

8. The US Bureau of ______________ declared that people should not be deterred from going into the waters since "sharks were not vicious" (p. 82). Sharks were deemed to be less a threat to man than horses and dogs.
(a) Oceans.
(b) The Interior.
(c) Fisheries.
(d) Sharks.

9. There was a report of a thirteen-foot tiger shark that was towed ashore while still alive regurgitating, among other items, what?
(a) A rubber tire.
(b) A small school of fish.
(c) A well-preserved human arm.
(d) A squid.

10. 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) Captain Cottrell's.
(b) Renny Cartan's.
(c) Fisher's.
(d) Burlew's.

11. On July ____, 1916, a small group of men and their boats were organized to hunt the man-eater down.
(a) 14.
(b) 7.
(c) 28.
(d) 21.

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

13. Coppleson felt there was evidence that if a shark experiences killing or mauling humans, he does what?
(a) Becomes very ill.
(b) Remembers the smell of humans and avoids them.
(c) Never attacks a human again.
(d) Goes in search of more human prey.

14. The men began launching ________________ in various parts of the creek.
(a) Grenades.
(b) Tear gas canisters.
(c) Dynamite blasts.
(d) Spears.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Fisher immediately closed his ____________ shop and ran to the creek.

2. Renny jumped in the cool, dark waters but soon had what sensation?

3. Dr. Herbert Cooley at Keyport tended to Joseph when he was brought ashore. Joseph's ______________ received a large bite. The doctor treated the wound and had Joseph rushed to the hospital.

4. How did Everingham attempt to protect himself?

5. The reporters had endless questions about what?

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