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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The next day, articles appeared in both the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer about the shark attack. Where were these articles located?
(a) Nowhere.
(b) In the middle of the newspapers.
(c) On front pages.
(d) On back pages.

3. For what was the shark waiting?
(a) For other sharks to come help it catch its prey.
(b) For its prey to escape.
(c) For its prey to swim farther out into the water.
(d) For its prey to bleed to death.

4. The shark stayed in the struggle until when?
(a) It decided it was full.
(b) It was shot by a man on the beach.
(c) Its underside was scraping the sand.
(d) It was attacked by those helping Charles.

5. Coppleson based his theory on the incidence of shark attacks that occurred when?
(a) After the advent of swimming competitions in 1919.
(b) After the advent of the sport of surfing in 1919.
(c) After the advent of the swimsuit in 1919.
(d) After the advent of the sailboat in 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. By ____________ years of age, the white shark nearly doubles in size, making it nearly invincible in its environment.

2. When the attacks stopped, Coppleson took it as what evidence?

3. Noted _________________ Dr. John Treadwell Nichols was called in to investigate the attack.

4. There was disagreement among the public as to what killed Charles. Some thought a shark was the culprit, others were convinced that _____________ was the predator.

5. Leonard Hill planned to swim out a quarter-mile from the coast and then ________ miles due south.

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