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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was done to keep swimmers safe in the Asbury Park area?
(a) A wire mesh net was being constructed.
(b) Guards sat in boats in the water looking for the shark.
(c) They were not allowed in the water.
(d) They were told to wear bright colors in the water.

2. 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.

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

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

5. ________________ were strapped to the boats as gunmen stood waiting for the shark to surface.
(a) Red pieces of fabric.
(b) Chunks of meat.
(c) Pieces of Bruder's clothing.
(d) Dummies.

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

7. Why might the juvenile shark that attacked the men have turned toward the coast when it reached Sandy Hook Bay on its northward migration?
(a) It was attracted by the smell of humans.
(b) It was hungry.
(c) It may have sensed that it wouldn't survive in the open ocean.
(d) It was confused.

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

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

10. 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 could not find the boy.
(c) He found the boy.
(d) He had been attacked.

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

12. The shark craved large mammals rich with what?
(a) Blubber.
(b) Sodium.
(c) Nutrients.
(d) Muscle.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. What was wrong with the North Atlantic region for the shark?

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

4. The attack made the ________________ in the newspapers.

5. Coppleson applied his theory to many locales around the world, including South Africa, Puerto Rico and _________________.

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