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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The beach-goers of that year made up the largest gathering in the ____________ to date.
(a) Country.
(b) State.
(c) East.
(d) Region.

2. What rumors were rampant?
(a) Sharks were patrolling offshore.
(b) The water was polluted.
(c) German U-boats were patrolling offshore.
(d) The young people were causing problems on the beach.

3. Later scientists attributed Oelrichs' success to what probability?
(a) He thought a school of orcas were actually sharks.
(b) The sharks were small, non-aggressive species.
(c) The great whites were not hungry at the time he jumped in the water.
(d) The sharks were juvenile great whites.

4. The shark attacked, biting Charles where?
(a) Below the elbow.
(b) Below the knee.
(c) Around the waste.
(d) On the foot.

5. In July _________, the luxury yacht, Hildegard, set off on an outing in the Atlantic off the New York coast.
(a) 1881.
(b) 1918.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1891.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________________ miles up the coast from Beach Haven, the New Essex and Sussex Hotel occupied a large piece of real estate on the coast of Spring Lake.

2. Since it was unusual for the young white shark to be close to the shore in July 1916, experts later theorized that the lone predator was led toward shore by ________________.

3. What probably made Charles more vulnerable?

4. A new smell, the scent of _______________________, also would have piqued the interest of the shark.

5. The great white, even in modern times, remains what?

(see the answer key)

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