1. Eugene and Louisa Vansant did what with their daughters at dusk while their eldest child, Charles, romped with the family dog in the waters off the beach?
(a) Went to the movies.
(b) Had dinner.
(c) Strolled along the boardwalk.
(d) Went dancing.

2. What was wrong with the North Atlantic region for the shark?
(a) It did not offer him many food choices.
(b) It had too many animals from which to choose.
(c) It was very cold.
(d) It was very warm.

3. Dr. Nichols, after viewing Bruder's wounds, concluded what?
(a) The young man's death was caused by the attack of an orca, a killer whale.
(b) The young man's death was caused by the attack of a sea turtle.
(c) The young man's death was caused by the attack of a shark.
(d) The young man's death was caused by the attack of a dolphin.

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

5. Why can white sharks not survive in fresh water?
(a) They lose the salt balance between their own body and the fresh water.
(b) The water is too cold.
(c) The water is too warm.
(d) The fresh water flushes out all the nutrients in their bodies.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. What had drawn the shark?

3. The shark hunters spotted what and shot at it repeatedly?

4. As the shark-patrol steered its motorboats back and forth, hunting for the shark, the shark was doing what?

5. When the attacks stopped, Coppleson took it as what evidence?

(see the answer key)

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