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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) 29.
(c) 15.
(d) 22.

2. 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) Sharks.
(c) The Interior.
(d) Fisheries.

3. The juvenile shark that killed Bruder had probably been frightened off by what?
(a) Helicopters.
(b) Bruder.
(c) The rescue boat.
(d) The sounds of men.

4. Hearing about the attacks, ichthyologist John Nichols drove from New York City to the Matawan Creek. Where did he stop first?
(a) The place where Renny was first scratched by the shark.
(b) The constable's office.
(c) Renny's home.
(d) The mouth of the creek.

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

6. 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 may have sensed that it wouldn't survive in the open ocean.
(c) It was hungry.
(d) It was confused.

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

8. The great white can grow to _____________ feet or more and weigh several tons.
(a) Twenty.
(b) Forty-five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Thirty.

9. The men began launching ________________ in various parts of the creek.
(a) Tear gas canisters.
(b) Grenades.
(c) Dynamite blasts.
(d) Spears.

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 started to swim away from him.
(b) He collapsed.
(c) The shark attacked again.
(d) He jumped back into the water to catch the shark.

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

12. The reporters had endless questions about what?
(a) Man-eating sharks.
(b) Attacks on humans by animals.
(c) Sharks.
(d) Sea creatures.

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 deaths of the swimmers were not caused by sharks.
(b) The swimmers drowned.
(c) The deaths of the swimmers were caused by orcas.
(d) The deaths of the swimmers were caused by a shark that could not be considered a rogue shark.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lucas had sent whom to the scene of the shark attack on Charles Bruder?

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

3. 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.

4. In New York City, some newspaper reporters visited whose office?

5. There was a report of a thirteen-foot tiger shark that was towed ashore while still alive regurgitating, among other items, what?

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