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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. On July ____, 1916, a small group of men and their boats were organized to hunt the man-eater down.
(a) 7.
(b) 14.
(c) 21.
(d) 28.

2. What happened to the animal at which they shot?
(a) It died and floated on top of the water.
(b) It submerged and disappeared under the water.
(c) It died and sank to the bottom of the ocean.
(d) It attacked their boat.

3. The juvenile shark that killed Bruder had probably been frightened off by what?
(a) Helicopters.
(b) Bruder.
(c) The rescue boat.
(d) The sounds of men.

4. Why might the shark not have been hungry for a short while?
(a) It did not like the taste of humans.
(b) It had digested human body parts.
(c) It was ill.
(d) It may have been storing parts of the two men it had half-eaten, much like a camel stores water.

5. When the attacks stopped, Coppleson took it as what evidence?
(a) The sharks had all been killed.
(b) There were less humans in the water.
(c) The sharks were no longer interested in attacking humans.
(d) The attacks were by the same rogue shark that had either died or moved on.

Short Answer Questions

1. The beating with the oar and the gunshots had, like some old-time fishermen predicted, probably done what?

2. The ____________________ sensationalized the incident by describing in detail the gore of the attack.

3. By Saturday, July 15, Coney Island and Brighton Beach had lost an estimated __________________ beach goers, replaced by gangs of men armed with guns and spears bent on killing sharks.

4. What was Benjamin Everingham doing in the Asbury Avenue beach area?

5. On July ________, 1916, Renny Cartan, Jr., his cousin Johnson Cartan, and some other friends took off for the swimming hole at the nearby creek.

Short Essay Questions

1. What led the shark to Matawan?

2. What did Fisher set up in the creek? Why did he do this?

3. Whom did newspaper reporters in New York contact regarding shark attacks? Why did they contact this man?

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

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

6. What was done to help keep swimmers safe? Was this effective? Why or why not?

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

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

9. After the attack on Charles Bruder, what happened to the news regarding the shark? Why did this happen?

10. To what animal is a shark compared? How is this belief supported?

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