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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In most cases, white sharks dislike the taste of humans and do what?
(a) Spit them out.
(b) Eat them anyway.
(c) Avoid them.
(d) Eat them quickly.

2. 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.

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

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

5. Where was this bay located?
(a) Between Manhattan and the Bronx.
(b) Between New Jersey and Staten Island.
(c) Between Queens and Brooklyn.
(d) Between New Jersey and Manhattan.

6. Why is it difficult to catch serial-killing man-eating sharks?
(a) The sharks are shy.
(b) Men do not know much about sea creatures.
(c) The water conceals their crimes and aids in their escape.
(d) These sharks are very intelligent and devious.

7. 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) Sharks.
(d) Fisheries.

8. The shark withstood the vengeance of man and days enduring life-threatening fresh water and made its way to ______________ Bay.
(a) Sheepshead.
(b) Corio.
(c) Caneel.
(d) Raritan.

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

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

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

12. Why did the shark do this to Renny?
(a) Probably to get a sense of his size.
(b) Probably to see what kind of creature he was.
(c) Probably to see if he would taste good.
(d) Probably to sate his hunger.

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

14. 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 swimsuit in 1919.
(c) After the advent of the sport of surfing in 1919.
(d) After the advent of the sailboat in 1919.

15. What was Benjamin Everingham doing in the Asbury Avenue beach area?
(a) Warning swimmers.
(b) Patrolling.
(c) Building barriers.
(d) Swimming.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The next morning, retired ______________ Thomas V. Cottrell was walking along the bank of the creek.

3. A lunar eclipse would be occurring on July _______ that year.

4. The great white can grow to _____________ feet or more and weigh several tons.

5. The juvenile shark that killed Bruder had probably been frightened off by what?

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