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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. While the young shark is off the coast of Florida, it may be caught in the warm Gulf Stream currents, which does what to the shark?
(a) The high temperature makes it uncomfortable and struggle to hunt and feed.
(b) The high temperature makes it irritable and hungry.
(c) The high temperature disorients the shark.
(d) The high temperature makes it hungry for human flesh.

2. What was significant about the popular black and dark blue bathing suits?
(a) They were not appealing to sharks.
(b) They were the same colors as great whites.
(c) They were the exact colors of marine animals that the shark savored.
(d) They were very unattractive.

3. The person attempting to pull Charles toward the shore was stopped suddenly by what?
(a) The shark had reappeared and was clamped down on Charles' leg.
(b) Another person screaming in the water.
(c) A large wave.
(d) The shark as it attacked Charles' would-be lifesaver.

4. Since the incident, experts have determined that swimmers who swim with dogs are at greater risk from shark attack. Why?
(a) Due to the relationship between men and canines.
(b) Due to the strong scent a dog gives off.
(c) Due to the sounds a dog makes.
(d) Due to the dog's erratic movements in the water.

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. By ____________ years of age, the white shark nearly doubles in size, making it nearly invincible in its environment.

2. What might have been the reason for the hotel to keep down word of the incident?

3. 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.

4. Charles sensed that he was being followed and probably felt he had reached safety. Why did he feel safe?

5. What did Charles Bruder want to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the attack on Bruder.

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

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

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

5. How had beach life changed over the years? How might this also have played a role in the chance for shark attacks?

6. When word spread about the attack on Charles Vansant, what did many hotel guests think?

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

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

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

10. How does the story begin? How is this chapter important?

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