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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nichols still maintained that an orca was responsible for the attacks. He soon realized that what would not accommodate a killer whale?
(a) The depth of the creek.
(b) The temperature of the creek.
(c) The fresh water of the creek.
(d) The size of the creek.

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

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

4. When Lester was pulled under by the shark, the boys ran into town and told ___________________ what had happened.
(a) Sergeant Mulsoff.
(b) Constable Mulsoff.
(c) Captain Mulsoff.
(d) Patrolman Mulsoff.

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

6. The ____________________ sensationalized the incident by describing in detail the gore of the attack.
(a) AM New York program.
(b) New York Post.
(c) New Yorker.
(d) New York Times.

7. Coppleson based his theory on the incidence of shark attacks that occurred when?
(a) After the advent of swimming competitions in 1919.
(b) After the advent of the sailboat in 1919.
(c) After the advent of the swimsuit in 1919.
(d) After the advent of the sport of surfing in 1919.

8. The attack made the ________________ in the newspapers.
(a) Headlines.
(b) Second pages.
(c) Back pages.
(d) Middle pages.

9. The expert and some of his assistants had witnessed sharks first hand and had observed how difficult it was for them to do what?
(a) Tear flesh from dead carcasses.
(b) Find a human scent in the water.
(c) Catch seals.
(d) Tear the flesh of large fish.

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

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

12. What did Fisher set up so the boy's body wouldn't wash out to sea?
(a) A barrier of chicken wire down creek.
(b) A cage to catch the body.
(c) A dam made from wood.
(d) A patrol of men to look for the body.

13. Why can white sharks not survive in fresh water?
(a) The water is too cold.
(b) The fresh water flushes out all the nutrients in their bodies.
(c) The water is too warm.
(d) They lose the salt balance between their own body and the fresh water.

14. Why might the shark not have been hungry for a short while?
(a) It had digested human body parts.
(b) It did not like the taste of humans.
(c) It was ill.
(d) It may have been storing parts of the two men it had half-eaten, much like a camel stores water.

15. Just before they gave up, Fisher decided to dive one more time. He resurfaced and told Lester's waiting parents and the others what?
(a) He had been attacked.
(b) The boy was still alive.
(c) He found the boy.
(d) He could not find the boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. On July ________, 1916, Renny Cartan, Jr., his cousin Johnson Cartan, and some other friends took off for the swimming hole at the nearby creek.

2. How did Everingham attempt to protect himself?

3. What was done to keep swimmers safe in the Asbury Park area?

4. In most cases, white sharks dislike the taste of humans and do what?

5. Why did the shark do this to Renny?

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