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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 people irrationally linked the great white attack to what?
(a) The U.S. Navy.
(b) Unruly teenagers.
(c) God's wrath.
(d) German U-Boats.

2. Long distance swimmer, Robert W. Dowling, ________________, announced he would swim out four miles in the Atlantic--sharks be damned!
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Twelve.

3. What might have been the reason for the hotel to keep down word of the incident?
(a) To avoid depressing the tourist trade.
(b) To avoid a law suit.
(c) To see if the boy had been attacked by a shark or had drowned.
(d) To avoid mass chaos and fear.

4. On board were the architect Stanford White, New York Sun publisher Charles Dana, and close friend ___________________.
(a) Andrew Carnegie.
(b) J.P. Morgan.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

5. Since it was unusual for the young white shark to be close to the shore in July 1916, experts later theorized that the lone predator was led toward shore by ________________.
(a) The currents and the smell of humans.
(b) Scents and currents and hunger.
(c) Feelings of loneliness.
(d) Hunger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some hotel guests worried about the incident, others were sure the incident had been exaggerated and believed what had happened to the young man?

2. Newly born white sharks measure up to _______ feet and weigh up to eight-five pounds.

3. Was it common to see sharks along the Atlantic coast?

4. Of what was Bruder certain regarding Vansant?

5. Beach life had deteriorated in some minds from the many young people visiting, who engaged in what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe a young great white shark regarding its size and speed in the water. What might this mean for a human swimming in the water?

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

3. What might have drawn this particular shark north?

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

5. How did shark attacks become more possible in the summer of 1916?

6. Why is it more dangerous to swim with dogs?

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

8. Describe the 1891 experiment. Is this a valid experiment? Why or why not?

9. What took place as soon as Bruger was brought to shore?

10. What information is given about great whites in this section? How is this important?

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