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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. What happened to Charles Bruder on the way back to the shore?
(a) He lost consciousness.
(b) He begged to go after the shark.
(c) He began to feel better.
(d) He died.

2. This editorial cited the fact that twenty-five years had passed since Oelrichs' swim with the sharks and _____ evidence had come forth of a shark attacking a man.
(a) Very little.
(b) No.
(c) Some.
(d) A great deal of.

3. What did Charles Bruder want to do?
(a) He wanted to catch the shark.
(b) He wanted to go surfing.
(c) He wanted to swim with the shark.
(d) He wanted to outdo Dowling's recent swim.

4. Successive rows of additional teeth are poised behind the functional teeth, ready to replace them when they are discarded. Every ______________ weeks, a new, serrated set of teeth replaces the current set.
(a) Five or six.
(b) Four or five.
(c) Three or four.
(d) Two or three.

5. The editorial noted that people had an unnatural ___________ sharks.
(a) Power over.
(b) Fear of.
(c) Anger toward.
(d) Interest in.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Nichols, after viewing Bruder's wounds, concluded what?

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

3. A new smell, the scent of _______________________, also would have piqued the interest of the shark.

4. What did some think had killed Charles Bruder?

5. The next day, articles appeared in both the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer about the shark attack. Where were these articles located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Gertrude Schuyler? Why did this happen?

2. What might have drawn the shark to Charles Vansant?

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

4. What did most people think about the idea of a shark attacking a human? Why did they believe this?

5. Why does the great white still remain much of a mystery today?

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

7. Describe the attack on Bruder.

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

9. What might have drawn this particular shark north?

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

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