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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The shark attacked, biting Charles where?
(a) On the foot.
(b) Around the waste.
(c) Below the elbow.
(d) Below the knee.

2. Was it common to see sharks along the Atlantic coast?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Yes, very frequently.
(d) Yes, but rarely.

3. The person attempting to pull Charles toward the shore was stopped suddenly by what?
(a) The shark as it attacked Charles' would-be lifesaver.
(b) The shark had reappeared and was clamped down on Charles' leg.
(c) Another person screaming in the water.
(d) A large wave.

4. What did Dr. William G. Schauffler immediately order?
(a) A great white shark expert.
(b) That a patrol be formed to hunt down and kill the shark.
(c) The closing of all beaches along the Atlantic.
(d) A study of sharks.

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

6. The first to reach Charles was who?
(a) The hotel manager.
(b) His father.
(c) His fiancee.
(d) Alexander Ott.

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

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

9. Who ordered everyone out of the water?
(a) Hotel lifeguards.
(b) Hotel management.
(c) The Coast Guard.
(d) The President of the United States.

10. On board were the architect Stanford White, New York Sun publisher Charles Dana, and close friend ___________________.
(a) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(b) Theodore Roosevelt.
(c) J.P. Morgan.
(d) Andrew Carnegie.

11. Beach life had deteriorated in some minds from the many young people visiting, who engaged in what?
(a) Dates without chaperones.
(b) Gambling and drinking.
(c) Heavy drinking and dancing to suggestive songs.
(d) Aggressive sporting events.

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

13. The shark had traveled ____________ miles north from Beach Haven.
(a) Thirty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Twenty.

14. A new smell, the scent of _______________________, also would have piqued the interest of the shark.
(a) Children.
(b) Human waste.
(c) Fish.
(d) Dogs.

15. The shark stayed in the struggle until when?
(a) It was shot by a man on the beach.
(b) It was attacked by those helping Charles.
(c) It decided it was full.
(d) Its underside was scraping the sand.

Short Answer Questions

1. The wealthy family of Dr. Eugene Vansant rode in a Pullman with their nannies and servants for a stay in ______________.

2. Noted _________________ Dr. John Treadwell Nichols was called in to investigate the attack.

3. The very next day, Gertrude Schuyler, from _________________, and her family were at a resort across from the spot where the shark had killed Charles Vansant.

4. What happened to Charles Bruder on the way back to the shore?

5. News spread of the horrific incident. Some fishermen swore what?

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