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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On July ________, 1916, Renny Cartan, Jr., his cousin Johnson Cartan, and some other friends took off for the swimming hole at the nearby creek.
(a) 11.
(b) 29.
(c) 15.
(d) 22.

2. The expert and some of his assistants had witnessed sharks first hand and had observed how difficult it was for them to do what?
(a) Find a human scent in the water.
(b) Catch seals.
(c) Tear the flesh of large fish.
(d) Tear flesh from dead carcasses.

3. Renny jumped in the cool, dark waters but soon had what sensation?
(a) A sharp, stabbing pain in his side.
(b) A strange sensation tearing across his chest.
(c) A strange sensation tearing across his leg.
(d) A sharp, stabbing pain in his leg.

4. Scientists have recently theorized that shark attacks may be caused by what?
(a) Lack of food.
(b) More humans in the water.
(c) Changes in coastal water temperatures.
(d) Sick sharks.

5. The attack made the ________________ in the newspapers.
(a) Back pages.
(b) Middle pages.
(c) Second pages.
(d) Headlines.

6. What did the men do to attract the shark?
(a) They called out for the shark.
(b) They spread trails of blood behind their boats.
(c) They swam in the water around the boat.
(d) They shot into the water.

7. What did Fisher set up so the boy's body wouldn't wash out to sea?
(a) A dam made from wood.
(b) A patrol of men to look for the body.
(c) A cage to catch the body.
(d) A barrier of chicken wire down creek.

8. Cottrell did what to warn people about the shark?
(a) He steered his motorboat up and down the creek.
(b) He posted signs to stay out of the water.
(c) He posted a warning as his Facebook status.
(d) He telephoned everyone he knew.

9. When Lester was pulled under by the shark, the boys ran into town and told ___________________ what had happened.
(a) Sergeant Mulsoff.
(b) Captain Mulsoff.
(c) Patrolman Mulsoff.
(d) Constable Mulsoff.

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

11. What did the shark do to Renny?
(a) It bumped into him.
(b) It bit him.
(c) It nipped him.
(d) It smelled him.

12. Why might the shark not have been hungry for a short while?
(a) It did not like the taste of humans.
(b) It may have been storing parts of the two men it had half-eaten, much like a camel stores water.
(c) It was ill.
(d) It had digested human body parts.

13. ___________________ of sharks were hunted down and slaughtered.
(a) Tens of thousands.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Dozens.
(d) Hundreds.

14. Nichols still maintained that an orca was responsible for the attacks. He soon realized that what would not accommodate a killer whale?
(a) The fresh water of the creek.
(b) The temperature of the creek.
(c) The size of the creek.
(d) The depth of the creek.

15. The man the reporters visited was director of what?
(a) Liberty Science Center.
(b) The American Museum of Natural History.
(c) The Rose Center.
(d) The Sony Wonder Lab.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the shark do this to Renny?

2. Benjamin Everingham had been instructed to bring a rifle and ax along. Why did he not bring any weapons?

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

4. Why did the other boys not believe something hit Renny in the water?

5. The men began launching ________________ in various parts of the creek.

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