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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. People on the beach noticed what about Charles?
(a) He looked like he had been attacked.
(b) He looked fatigued.
(c) His dog was paddling behind him.
(d) A dark fin was following closely behind him.

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

3. Bruder boasted that he was not afraid of sharks. Why was he not afraid?
(a) He believed he was stronger than a shark.
(b) He did not believe in sharks.
(c) He had swum with sharks off the coast of California.
(d) He believed he could out-swim a shark.

4. News spread of the horrific incident. Some fishermen swore what?
(a) It wasn't a shark that killed the man.
(b) The man had probably drowned.
(c) It was most likely a shark that killed the man.
(d) It was a pirana that had attacked the man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dowling swear?

2. What probably made Charles more vulnerable?

3. What did the swimmers do after they learned what danger they had been in?

4. The shark was estimated to be _______ feet long and weighed around 500 pounds.

5. 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.

Short Essay Questions

1. When word spread about the attack on Charles Vansant, what did many hotel guests think?

2. How did shark attacks become more possible in the summer of 1916?

3. Why does the great white still remain much of a mystery today?

4. Describe a young great white shark regarding its size and speed in the water. What might this mean for a human swimming in the water?

5. What were the beliefs of many who heard the news of Bruder's death?

6. Why did Charles feel he had reached the shore safely, even though he knew he was being followed? Why might the shark have attacked him anyway?

7. What did most people think about the idea of a shark attacking a human? Why did they believe this?

8. What was done for Bruder? Was this adequate? What there anything else that could have been done for him? Why or why not?

9. What information is given about a specific shark? Why is this information important?

10. What might have drawn the shark to Charles Vansant?

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