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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In most cases, white sharks dislike the taste of humans and do what?
(a) Eat them anyway.
(b) Avoid them.
(c) Eat them quickly.
(d) Spit them out.

3. Much to Everingham's surprise, what did he see?
(a) A large orca speed right toward his boat.
(b) A gray fin cut the surface and speed right toward his boat.
(c) A small dolphin speed right toward his boat.
(d) Nothing.

4. The boys ran to Stanley Fisher, who was what?
(a) The best swimmer in town.
(b) The mayor of the town.
(c) The bravest man in town.
(d) The strongest man in town.

5. What had drawn the shark?
(a) The sounds of the boys.
(b) The smell of the boys.
(c) The splashing of the boys.
(d) The warm water.

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

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

8. Joseph Dunn, his brother Michael and their friend Jerry Hollohan in __________________, a community downstream from the town of Matawan, had missed the warnings and cut through the woods for a quick swim in the creek.
(a) Cliff Falls.
(b) Cliffton.
(c) Cliffwood.
(d) Clifford.

9. 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) 22.
(b) 29.
(c) 11.
(d) 15.

10. The men began launching ________________ in various parts of the creek.
(a) Spears.
(b) Dynamite blasts.
(c) Grenades.
(d) Tear gas canisters.

11. He was finally able to get away from it and was carrying what was left of Lester to the shore when what happened?
(a) He jumped back into the water to catch the shark.
(b) He collapsed.
(c) The shark attacked again.
(d) The shark started to swim away from him.

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

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

14. The next morning, retired ______________ Thomas V. Cottrell was walking along the bank of the creek.
(a) Army Sergeant.
(b) Sea Captain.
(c) Navy Seal.
(d) Police Officer.

15. There was a report of a thirteen-foot tiger shark that was towed ashore while still alive regurgitating, among other items, what?
(a) A rubber tire.
(b) A small school of fish.
(c) A squid.
(d) A well-preserved human arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. The shark craved large mammals rich with what?

2. This doctor insisted what?

3. Just before they gave up, Fisher decided to dive one more time. He resurfaced and told Lester's waiting parents and the others what?

4. The juvenile shark that killed Bruder had probably been frightened off by what?

5. What was done to keep swimmers safe in the Asbury Park area?

(see the answer keys)

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