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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. Coppleson felt there was evidence that if a shark experiences killing or mauling humans, he does what?
(a) Becomes very ill.
(b) Remembers the smell of humans and avoids them.
(c) Goes in search of more human prey.
(d) Never attacks a human again.

2. What was wrong with the North Atlantic region for the shark?
(a) It was very warm.
(b) It did not offer him many food choices.
(c) It was very cold.
(d) It had too many animals from which to choose.

3. The shark hunters spotted what and shot at it repeatedly?
(a) A dark spot in the water.
(b) A red spot in the water.
(c) A large fin.
(d) A school of fish.

4. The expert and some of his assistants had witnessed sharks first hand and had observed how difficult it was for them to do what?
(a) Tear flesh from dead carcasses.
(b) Catch seals.
(c) Find a human scent in the water.
(d) Tear the flesh of large fish.

5. Nichols still maintained that an orca was responsible for the attacks. He soon realized that what would not accommodate a killer whale?
(a) The size of the creek.
(b) The temperature of the creek.
(c) The depth of the creek.
(d) The fresh water of the creek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the animal at which they shot?

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

3. By July _______, bathers returned and ventured back into the water, seeming to forget about the recent attacks.

4. Coppleson would one day refer to these attacks as those by the "____________" of New Jersey.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the health of the average great white. How does this compare to the juvenile shark that attacked in 1916?

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

3. What happened to both Joseph and Stanley Fisher?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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