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

2. Coppleson applied his theory to many locales around the world, including South Africa, Puerto Rico and _________________.
(a) China.
(b) The United States.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Japan.

3. How was Fisher able to fight against the shark?
(a) He was smart.
(b) He was quick.
(c) He was an athletically built man.
(d) He was brave.

4. In 1922, two _____________ were attacked and killed at the same location, Coogee Beach, by large sharks that struck them with such force that they were lifted from the water.
(a) Divers.
(b) Swimmers.
(c) Boaters.
(d) Surfers.

5. Dr. Sir Victor Coppleson, __________________ surgeon, coined the phrase "rogue shark."
(a) An English.
(b) A Norwegian.
(c) A German.
(d) An Australian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Confused by the coastline, the shark swam into the mouth of what creek?

2. What did the shark do to Renny?

3. Just before they gave up, Fisher decided to dive one more time. He resurfaced and told Lester's waiting parents and the others what?

4. The attack made the ________________ in the newspapers.

5. Most of the flesh on Fisher's thigh from his hip to his knee was gone. When a doctor was finally rounded up, he observed that the bone was not severed but his ____________ artery was bleeding profusely.

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Renny's cousin and friends react to the scratch marks on Renny's body and his fear? Why might they have reacted in this way?

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

3. What is a rogue shark? How did this term come about?

4. How do events in this story prove that not everyone had heard about the man-eating shark?

5. What did Fisher do to try to get Lester's body? How did this affect Fisher? Should he have done this? Why or why not?

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

7. What led the shark to Matawan?

8. What did Lucas and others think about the idea of man-eating sharks? How did they support this belief?

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

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

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