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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. Long distance swimmer, Robert W. Dowling, ________________, announced he would swim out four miles in the Atlantic--sharks be damned!
(a) Twelve.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Fifteen.

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

3. What probably made Charles more vulnerable?
(a) He was a lone swimmer.
(b) He was bleeding.
(c) He was not very strong.
(d) He was holding onto his dog.

4. There were some ______________ people in the water the day following the attack on Charles Vansant.
(a) 5,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 500,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As beach goers ran in to try to pull Charles ashore, the shark with bits of Charles' flesh in his mouth, did what?

3. As Gertrude stroked along parallel to the coastline, what happened to her?

4. The person attempting to pull Charles toward the shore was stopped suddenly by what?

5. 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.

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