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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did some think had killed Charles Bruder?
(a) Another sea animal like an orca or a dolphin.
(b) The loch ness monster.
(c) Another sea animal like a swordfish or turtle.
(d) Another person.

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

3. What happened to the two long distance swimmers on July 6, 1916?
(a) They were followed by the shark but were not attacked.
(b) The shark bumped into one of them.
(c) The shark attacked one of them.
(d) Nothing.

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

5. The shark was estimated to be _______ feet long and weighed around 500 pounds.
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

6. 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.
(a) Boston.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) New York City.
(d) Indianapolis.

7. One fact that made the thought of men being killed or eaten by sharks unrealistic to many was what?
(a) Men are the strongest creatures on earth.
(b) Men are too smart to be eaten by animals.
(c) Such attacks had always occurred away from civilization and were virtually unrecorded.
(d) Sharks are too small and weak.

8. Later scientists attributed Oelrichs' success to what probability?
(a) He thought a school of orcas were actually sharks.
(b) The sharks were juvenile great whites.
(c) The great whites were not hungry at the time he jumped in the water.
(d) The sharks were small, non-aggressive species.

9. What did Charles Bruder want to do?
(a) He wanted to outdo Dowling's recent swim.
(b) He wanted to swim with the shark.
(c) He wanted to catch the shark.
(d) He wanted to go surfing.

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

11. The people irrationally linked the great white attack to what?
(a) Unruly teenagers.
(b) God's wrath.
(c) German U-Boats.
(d) The U.S. Navy.

12. In 1915, a _______________ editorial was written entitled, "Let Us Do Justice To Sharks."
(a) USA Today.
(b) New York Times.
(c) New Yorker.
(d) New York Post.

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

14. 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 makes it uncomfortable and struggle to hunt and feed.
(b) The high temperature disorients the shark.
(c) The high temperature makes it irritable and hungry.
(d) The high temperature makes it hungry for human flesh.

15. The only known evidence of a shark attack had been what?
(a) A blurry photo of a shark ready to chomp down on a man.
(b) A death certificate saying that someone had died from a shark bite.
(c) Tall tales by sailors and fishermen.
(d) There has been no evidence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Dowling swear?

3. In large part, why has the great white escaped scientific scrutiny?

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

5. Dr. Nichols, after viewing Bruder's wounds, concluded what?

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