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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) They were not allowed in the water.
(b) They were told to wear bright colors in the water.
(c) Guards sat in boats in the water looking for the shark.
(d) A wire mesh net was being constructed.

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

3. 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 hungry.
(b) It was confused.
(c) It was attracted by the smell of humans.
(d) It may have sensed that it wouldn't survive in the open ocean.

4. _______ Craven, walking along the bank of the creek, had just about given up on the shark when he saw something bobbing in the water. It was Lester.
(a) Jerry.
(b) Bob.
(c) Fred.
(d) Ed.

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

6. 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) He jumped back into the water to catch the shark.
(d) The shark attacked again.

7. What happened to the animal at which they shot?
(a) It died and sank to the bottom of the ocean.
(b) It died and floated on top of the water.
(c) It submerged and disappeared under the water.
(d) It attacked their boat.

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

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

10. What was wrong with the North Atlantic region for the shark?
(a) It did not offer him many food choices.
(b) It had too many animals from which to choose.
(c) It was very cold.
(d) It was very warm.

11. Nichols still maintained that an orca was responsible for the attacks. He soon realized that what would not accommodate a killer whale?
(a) The fresh water of the creek.
(b) The depth of the creek.
(c) The size of the creek.
(d) The temperature of the creek.

12. This doctor insisted what?
(a) A shark could not inflict the damage that Bruder suffered.
(b) A shark could easily inflict the damage that Bruder suffered.
(c) A shark might be able to inflict the damage that Bruder suffered.
(d) A shark could not very easily inflict the damage that Bruder suffered.

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

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

15. The beating with the oar and the gunshots had, like some old-time fishermen predicted, probably done what?
(a) Killed the shark.
(b) Scared it south.
(c) Forced it farther out to sea.
(d) Caused the shark to drift north.

Short Answer Questions

1. The reporters had endless questions about what?

2. Dr. Sir Victor Coppleson, __________________ surgeon, coined the phrase "rogue shark."

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

4. Joseph Dunn, his brother Michael and their friend Jerry Hollohan in __________________, a community downstream from the town of Matawan, had missed the warnings and cut through the woods for a quick swim in the creek.

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

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