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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. The headline in the Times read, "_____________________."
(a) Dies From Too Much Fun on the Beach.
(b) Dies From Drowning.
(c) Dies After Attack by Shark.
(d) Dies After Attack by Fish.

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

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

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

5. What were women doing that was scandalous to many?
(a) They were talking to boys.
(b) They were going on dates.
(c) They were not enjoying the beach environment.
(d) They were exposing their arms and legs and wearing scandalous clinging wool suits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though young sharks can seem slow-moving, when stimulated they can reach speeds of ____________ miles per hour.

2. The owner and captain of the yacht was the wealthy shipping mogul Hermann Oelrichs. One of Oelrichs' goals was to debunk the myth that sharks were man-eaters. He felt certain that their bad publicity stemmed from pure fantasy. He had offered a reward of ____________ for proof that any person had ever been attacked by a shark.

3. Was it common to see sharks along the Atlantic coast?

4. Men all over the region were reaching for their rifles and harpoons to hunt the beast down and kill it. A _______________ dollar reward was offered by the mayor of Matawan for the person who killed it.

5. What did the swimmers do after they learned what danger they had been in?

(see the answer key)

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