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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The great white that attacked the swimmer in 1916 was probably born in the Atlantic around ___________.
(a) 1900.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1912.

2. Who does the boy miss at the beginning of the book?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) His fiancee.
(d) His brother.

3. By ____________ years of age, the white shark nearly doubles in size, making it nearly invincible in its environment.
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Five.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.

4. Word spread about the experiment with what conclusion?
(a) Sharks feared men.
(b) Sharks were not very intelligent.
(c) Sharks were no match for men.
(d) Sharks were dangerous to mankind.

5. The headline in the Times read, "_____________________."
(a) Dies After Attack by Shark.
(b) Dies From Drowning.
(c) Dies After Attack by Fish.
(d) Dies From Too Much Fun on the Beach.

6. Leonard Hill planned to swim out a quarter-mile from the coast and then ________ miles due south.
(a) Eleven.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Five.

7. 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 dancing.
(b) Had dinner.
(c) Went to the movies.
(d) Strolled along the boardwalk.

8. As the young shark develops, his hunger turns him toward prey such as _______________.
(a) Orcas and whales.
(b) Seals and dolphins.
(c) Humans.
(d) Small fish and crustaceans.

9. The beach-goers of that year made up the largest gathering in the ____________ to date.
(a) East.
(b) Region.
(c) Country.
(d) State.

10. There were some ______________ people in the water the day following the attack on Charles Vansant.
(a) 5,000.
(b) 500.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 500,000.

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

12. _______________ staff physician, Dr. William G. Schauffler, completed the official report.
(a) The hotel manager's.
(b) The President's.
(c) The Mayor's.
(d) The Governor's.

13. ______________________ of working-class men and women migrated across downtown Philadelphia to the coast on the first day of July 1916.
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Millions.
(c) Dozens.
(d) Thousands.

14. The next day, articles appeared in both the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer about the shark attack. Where were these articles located?
(a) On front pages.
(b) On back pages.
(c) In the middle of the newspapers.
(d) Nowhere.

15. By the time Oelrichs died in __________, no proof of the shark's danger to man had been produced.
(a) 1912.
(b) 1906.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1901.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What rumors were rampant?

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

5. The first to reach Charles was who?

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