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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ________________ were strapped to the boats as gunmen stood waiting for the shark to surface.
(a) Dummies.
(b) Chunks of meat.
(c) Pieces of Bruder's clothing.
(d) Red pieces of fabric.

2. Just before they gave up, Fisher decided to dive one more time. He resurfaced and told Lester's waiting parents and the others what?
(a) He could not find the boy.
(b) He found the boy.
(c) The boy was still alive.
(d) He had been attacked.

3. Dr. Sir Victor Coppleson, __________________ surgeon, coined the phrase "rogue shark."
(a) An English.
(b) A Norwegian.
(c) A German.
(d) An Australian.

4. The shark hunters spotted what and shot at it repeatedly?
(a) A red spot in the water.
(b) A dark spot in the water.
(c) A large fin.
(d) A school of fish.

5. Bruder boasted that he was not afraid of sharks. Why was he not afraid?
(a) He believed he could out-swim a shark.
(b) He believed he was stronger than a shark.
(c) He had swum with sharks off the coast of California.
(d) He did not believe in sharks.

Short Answer Questions

1. On July ____, 1916, a small group of men and their boats were organized to hunt the man-eater down.

2. What were women doing that was scandalous to many?

3. ______________________ of working-class men and women migrated across downtown Philadelphia to the coast on the first day of July 1916.

4. What did Charles Bruder want to do?

5. What did some think had killed Charles Bruder?

(see the answer key)

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