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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The shark stayed in the struggle until when?
(a) It was attacked by those helping Charles.
(b) It decided it was full.
(c) It was shot by a man on the beach.
(d) Its underside was scraping the sand.

2. In July _________, the luxury yacht, Hildegard, set off on an outing in the Atlantic off the New York coast.
(a) 1901.
(b) 1881.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1891.

3. Twenty-six teeth are contained in the top row and ______________ in the bottom row.
(a) Twenty-two.
(b) Twenty-six.
(c) Twenty-eight.
(d) Twenty-four.

4. Was it common to see sharks along the Atlantic coast?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, but rarely.
(d) Yes, very frequently.

5. Later scientists attributed Oelrichs' success to what probability?
(a) The great whites were not hungry at the time he jumped in the water.
(b) The sharks were juvenile great whites.
(c) He thought a school of orcas were actually sharks.
(d) The sharks were small, non-aggressive species.

Short Answer Questions

1. The headline in the Times read, "_____________________."

2. The Vansants stayed at the stylish _____________ Hotel, where the upper crust enjoyed their respite.

3. The first to reach Charles was who?

4. Many years later, ichthyologist George Burgess concluded that the shark was a _________, serial killer, but in the rhetoric of the day, the shark was a sea monster.

5. The hotel manager, ___________________, immediately ordered his telephone operators to notify the operators in all the hotels on the north and central coast.

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the beliefs of many who heard the news of Bruder's death?

2. What information is given about a specific shark? Why is this information important?

3. What might have drawn this particular shark north?

4. Describe the teeth of a shark. Why might they be like this?

5. What was done for Bruder? Was this adequate? What there anything else that could have been done for him? Why or why not?

6. Why did Charles Bruder decide to go for a swim?

7. Why might the hotel have kept Charles' death a secret?

8. How is the behavior of a young shark different from an older shark? What might this say about the shark that attacked in 1916?

9. How did Dr. Vansant try to save his son? Why was this not adequate?

10. What happens by the time a shark is eight years old? How is this significant?

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