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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Later scientists attributed Oelrichs' success to what probability?
(a) The great whites were not hungry at the time he jumped in the water.
(b) He thought a school of orcas were actually sharks.
(c) The sharks were small, non-aggressive species.
(d) The sharks were juvenile great whites.

2. What happened to the two long distance swimmers on July 6, 1916?
(a) They were followed by the shark but were not attacked.
(b) The shark attacked one of them.
(c) The shark bumped into one of them.
(d) Nothing.

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

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) Maniac.
(b) Rogue.
(c) Beast.
(d) Monster.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. _________________ miles up the coast from Beach Haven, the New Essex and Sussex Hotel occupied a large piece of real estate on the coast of Spring Lake.

3. Someone on shore thought they saw what, which was actually blood?

4. Word spread about the experiment with what conclusion?

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

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