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

Multiple Choice 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.
(a) 11.
(b) 22.
(c) 15.
(d) 29.

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

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

4. What did the men do to attract the shark?
(a) They spread trails of blood behind their boats.
(b) They swam in the water around the boat.
(c) They shot into the water.
(d) They called out for the shark.

5. The shark could have been reacting to the lunar pull, which caused what?
(a) The fresh water to leak out to the ocean.
(b) The water to be warm.
(c) Low tides running out of the creek.
(d) High tides running up even into the creek.

6. 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) They lose the salt balance between their own body and the fresh water.
(d) The water is too warm.

7. Lester Stilwell left his job in _________________ and met his friends at the creek.
(a) The school.
(b) The warehouse.
(c) The factory.
(d) The grocery store.

8. How was Fisher able to fight against the shark?
(a) He was brave.
(b) He was quick.
(c) He was an athletically built man.
(d) He was smart.

9. Cottrell did what to warn people about the shark?
(a) He steered his motorboat up and down the creek.
(b) He posted a warning as his Facebook status.
(c) He posted signs to stay out of the water.
(d) He telephoned everyone he knew.

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

11. Why might the shark not have been hungry for a short while?
(a) It did not like the taste of humans.
(b) It had digested human body parts.
(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.

12. By July _______, bathers returned and ventured back into the water, seeming to forget about the recent attacks.
(a) 9th.
(b) 21st.
(c) 27th.
(d) 12th.

13. Coppleson cited the North Atlantic attacks of 1916 as those of a rogue shark, even though many American experts maintained what belief?
(a) The swimmers drowned.
(b) The deaths of the swimmers were caused by a shark that could not be considered a rogue shark.
(c) The deaths of the swimmers were caused by orcas.
(d) The deaths of the swimmers were not caused by sharks.

14. By Saturday, July 15, Coney Island and Brighton Beach had lost an estimated __________________ beach goers, replaced by gangs of men armed with guns and spears bent on killing sharks.
(a) 500,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 50,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Benjamin Everingham had been instructed to bring a rifle and ax along. Why did he not bring any weapons?

2. An influx of salt water to the creek did what?

3. In 1922, two _____________ were attacked and killed at the same location, Coogee Beach, by large sharks that struck them with such force that they were lifted from the water.

4. The shark craved large mammals rich with what?

5. The reporters had endless questions about what?

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