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

2. This editorial cited the fact that twenty-five years had passed since Oelrichs' swim with the sharks and _____ evidence had come forth of a shark attacking a man.
(a) No.
(b) Very little.
(c) A great deal of.
(d) Some.

3. One fact that made the thought of men being killed or eaten by sharks unrealistic to many was what?
(a) Men are too smart to be eaten by animals.
(b) Such attacks had always occurred away from civilization and were virtually unrecorded.
(c) Men are the strongest creatures on earth.
(d) Sharks are too small and weak.

4. On board were the architect Stanford White, New York Sun publisher Charles Dana, and close friend ___________________.
(a) J.P. Morgan.
(b) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Andrew Carnegie.

5. As beach goers ran in to try to pull Charles ashore, the shark with bits of Charles' flesh in his mouth, did what?
(a) Swam away.
(b) Went after another swimmer.
(c) Attacked again.
(d) Backed off and seemed to wait.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was significant about the popular black and dark blue bathing suits?

2. The shark was estimated to be _______ feet long and weighed around 500 pounds.

3. The shark had traveled ____________ miles north from Beach Haven.

4. Long distance swimmer, Robert W. Dowling, ________________, announced he would swim out four miles in the Atlantic--sharks be damned!

5. People on the beach noticed what about Charles?

(see the answer key)

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