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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 great white can grow to _____________ feet or more and weigh several tons.
(a) Ten.
(b) Forty-five.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty.

2. A lunar eclipse would be occurring on July _______ that year.
(a) 14th.
(b) 20th.
(c) 27th.
(d) 24th.

3. The ____________________ sensationalized the incident by describing in detail the gore of the attack.
(a) New York Times.
(b) New York Post.
(c) AM New York program.
(d) New Yorker.

4. The attack made the ________________ in the newspapers.
(a) Second pages.
(b) Headlines.
(c) Back pages.
(d) Middle pages.

5. What had drawn the shark?
(a) The warm water.
(b) The smell of the boys.
(c) The sounds of the boys.
(d) The splashing of the boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. _______ Craven, walking along the bank of the creek, had just about given up on the shark when he saw something bobbing in the water. It was Lester.

2. The reporters had endless questions about what?

3. The men thought once the shark was killed, it would do what?

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

5. Why did the shark do this to Renny?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might have caused the shark to head north?

2. Why might Bruder's legs not have been satisfying for the shark?

3. How was John Nichols finally forced to believe that sharks could be deadly to humans?

4. How did the boys react to Lester Stilwell being pull under by the shark? Was this a good idea? Why or why not?

5. What proof does Chapter 11 give to suggest this was a young shark?

6. What was done to try to catch the shark? Why did people react this way?

7. What might have drawn the shark to the shark-patrol boat? Why?

8. If the shark was near the shark-patrol boat, why were they unable to catch it or shoot it?

9. Describe the first realization that a shark had entered the Matawan Creek.

10. What happened to both Joseph and Stanley Fisher?

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