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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. _______________ staff physician, Dr. William G. Schauffler, completed the official report.
(a) The President's.
(b) The Governor's.
(c) The hotel manager's.
(d) The Mayor's.

2. The editorial noted that people had an unnatural ___________ sharks.
(a) Power over.
(b) Anger toward.
(c) Fear of.
(d) Interest in.

3. The editorial ended with what conclusion?
(a) Sharks did not present a danger to man.
(b) Sharks did present a significant danger to man.
(c) Man did present a danger to sharks.
(d) Sharks did present a slight danger to man.

4. The great white that attacked the swimmer in 1916 was probably born in the Atlantic around ___________.
(a) 1915.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1900.

5. Newly born white sharks measure up to _______ feet and weigh up to eight-five pounds.
(a) Twelve.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The headline in the Times read, "_____________________."

3. The shark had traveled ____________ miles north from Beach Haven.

4. What might have been the reason for the hotel to keep down word of the incident?

5. The _______________ Hotel's young bell captain, Charles Bruder, decided to slip away for an afternoon swim.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens by the time a shark is eight years old? How is this significant?

2. Had any new evidence come in regarding the dangers of sharks by the time Oelrichs died? Why or why not?

3. Why might the hotel have kept Charles' death a secret?

4. How is the behavior of a young shark different from an older shark? What might this say about the shark that attacked in 1916?

5. 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?

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

7. What might have drawn the shark to the shore? How is this a plausible explanation?

8. Describe the teeth of a shark. Why might they be like this?

9. What information is given about great whites in this section? How is this important?

10. What might have drawn this particular shark north?

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