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

2. While the young shark is off the coast of Florida, it may be caught in the warm Gulf Stream currents, which does what to the shark?
(a) The high temperature disorients the shark.
(b) The high temperature makes it hungry for human flesh.
(c) The high temperature makes it irritable and hungry.
(d) The high temperature makes it uncomfortable and struggle to hunt and feed.

3. The Vansants stayed at the stylish _____________ Hotel, where the upper crust enjoyed their respite.
(a) Essex.
(b) Eagles Nest.
(c) Edmonton.
(d) Engleside.

4. The hotel manager, ___________________, immediately ordered his telephone operators to notify the operators in all the hotels on the north and central coast.
(a) Daniel B. Plickard.
(b) Damian B. Parsons.
(c) David B. Plumer.
(d) Darrel B. Pickering.

5. A shark can smell prey ___________________ away.
(a) A mile.
(b) One hundred feet.
(c) A half-mile.
(d) A quarter-mile.

Short Answer Questions

1. The shark attacked, biting Charles where?

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

3. What did Dr. William G. Schauffler immediately order?

4. The thousands of ________________ that cover their skin aid in their maneuverability and speed.

5. Since it was unusual for the young white shark to be close to the shore in July 1916, experts later theorized that the lone predator was led toward shore by ________________.

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