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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Fisher immediately closed his ____________ shop and ran to the creek.
(a) Fishing.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Tailor.

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

4. 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) The boy was still alive.
(b) He had been attacked.
(c) He found the boy.
(d) He could not find the boy.

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

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

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

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

9. 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) 50,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 5,000.

10. He was finally able to get away from it and was carrying what was left of Lester to the shore when what happened?
(a) The shark attacked again.
(b) He collapsed.
(c) He jumped back into the water to catch the shark.
(d) The shark started to swim away from him.

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

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

13. 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.

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

15. Renny jumped in the cool, dark waters but soon had what sensation?
(a) A sharp, stabbing pain in his side.
(b) A strange sensation tearing across his chest.
(c) A strange sensation tearing across his leg.
(d) A sharp, stabbing pain in his leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fisher and fisherman George _________________ made repeated dives into the murky water but could not find Lester.

2. Coppleson would one day refer to these attacks as those by the "____________" of New Jersey.

3. The shark withstood the vengeance of man and days enduring life-threatening fresh water and made its way to ______________ Bay.

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.

5. ___________________ of sharks were hunted down and slaughtered.

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