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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the shark-patrol steered its motorboats back and forth, hunting for the shark, the shark was doing what?
(a) Hunting for humans.
(b) Picking up the many vibrations and sensations that the boats were causing.
(c) Heading north.
(d) Heading south.

2. A young man waded out in the Atlantic, his ______________ dog alongside his master.
(a) Show.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Retriever.
(d) Old.

3. Joseph Dunn, his brother Michael and their friend Jerry Hollohan in __________________, a community downstream from the town of Matawan, had missed the warnings and cut through the woods for a quick swim in the creek.
(a) Cliffwood.
(b) Cliff Falls.
(c) Clifford.
(d) Cliffton.

4. Lester Stilwell left his job in _________________ and met his friends at the creek.
(a) The grocery store.
(b) The school.
(c) The factory.
(d) The warehouse.

5. The US Bureau of ______________ declared that people should not be deterred from going into the waters since "sharks were not vicious" (p. 82). Sharks were deemed to be less a threat to man than horses and dogs.
(a) The Interior.
(b) Sharks.
(c) Fisheries.
(d) Oceans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hearing about the attacks, ichthyologist John Nichols drove from New York City to the Matawan Creek. Where did he stop first?

3. How was Fisher able to fight against the shark?

4. Coppleson felt there was evidence that if a shark experiences killing or mauling humans, he does what?

5. The great white can grow to _____________ feet or more and weigh several tons.

(see the answer key)

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