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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The boys ran to Stanley Fisher, who was what?
(a) The strongest man in town.
(b) The bravest man in town.
(c) The mayor of the town.
(d) The best swimmer in town.

2. 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) The mouth of the creek.
(d) Renny's home.

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

4. Fisher and fisherman George _________________ made repeated dives into the murky water but could not find Lester.
(a) Burlew.
(b) Barringer.
(c) Barlow.
(d) Barrows.

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

6. When the attacks stopped, Coppleson took it as what evidence?
(a) The sharks had all been killed.
(b) The sharks were no longer interested in attacking humans.
(c) The attacks were by the same rogue shark that had either died or moved on.
(d) There were less humans in the water.

7. 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.
(a) Femoral.
(b) Elastic.
(c) Pulmonary.
(d) Systemic.

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

9. In New York City, some newspaper reporters visited whose office?
(a) Dr. Aaron Frank Lucas'.
(b) Dr. Augustus Frederic Lucas'.
(c) Dr. Frederic Augustus Lucas'.
(d) Dr. Frank Aaron Lucas'.

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

11. There was a report of a thirteen-foot tiger shark that was towed ashore while still alive regurgitating, among other items, what?
(a) A small school of fish.
(b) A well-preserved human arm.
(c) A squid.
(d) A rubber tire.

12. Benjamin Everingham had been instructed to bring a rifle and ax along. Why did he not bring any weapons?
(a) He forgot.
(b) He could not find a rifle or ax.
(c) He thought there was no real threat.
(d) He did not feel comfortable carrying weapons.

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

14. 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) 29.
(b) 11.
(c) 22.
(d) 15.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Much to Everingham's surprise, what did he see?

2. ________________ were strapped to the boats as gunmen stood waiting for the shark to surface.

3. What did Fisher set up so the boy's body wouldn't wash out to sea?

4. The ____________________ sensationalized the incident by describing in detail the gore of the attack.

5. On July ____, 1916, a small group of men and their boats were organized to hunt the man-eater down.

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