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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first to reach Charles was who?
(a) His father.
(b) His fiancee.
(c) The hotel manager.
(d) Alexander Ott.

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

3. A sense of ___________________ is felt by the end of the first chapter.
(a) Foreboding.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Relief.

4. Many years later, ichthyologist George Burgess concluded that the shark was a _________, serial killer, but in the rhetoric of the day, the shark was a sea monster.
(a) Monster.
(b) Maniac.
(c) Beast.
(d) Rogue.

5. Mrs. Vansant was somewhat concerned about the possible ruckus on the Jersey Shore due to the hordes of visitors expected and a controversy over what?
(a) The location of their hotel.
(b) How the family would spend their leisure time.
(c) The amount of money her husband would spend at the casino.
(d) Some young women who were going to be parading around in revealing beach wear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Beach life had deteriorated in some minds from the many young people visiting, who engaged in what?

2. The beach-goers of that year made up the largest gathering in the ____________ to date.

3. A young man waded out in the Atlantic, his ______________ dog alongside his master.

4. The editorial noted that people had an unnatural ___________ sharks.

5. For what was the shark waiting?

(see the answer key)

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