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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. Dr. Herbert Cooley at Keyport tended to Joseph when he was brought ashore. Joseph's ______________ received a large bite. The doctor treated the wound and had Joseph rushed to the hospital.
(a) Calf muscle.
(b) Neck muscle.
(c) Arm muscle.
(d) Thigh muscle.

2. Just before they gave up, Fisher decided to dive one more time. He resurfaced and told Lester's waiting parents and the others what?
(a) He could not find the boy.
(b) He had been attacked.
(c) He found the boy.
(d) The boy was still alive.

3. An influx of salt water to the creek did what?
(a) Made the shark ill.
(b) Confused the shark.
(c) Forced the shark to enter the creek.
(d) It helped give the shark new life.

4. The shark could have been reacting to the lunar pull, which caused what?
(a) The fresh water to leak out to the ocean.
(b) Low tides running out of the creek.
(c) The water to be warm.
(d) High tides running up even into the creek.

5. Why did the other boys not believe something hit Renny in the water?
(a) He often exaggerated.
(b) He always lied.
(c) They had not seen anything.
(d) They thought he was scraped by a branch.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________________ were strapped to the boats as gunmen stood waiting for the shark to surface.

2. Much to Everingham's surprise, what did he see?

3. 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.

4. What were placed at the mouth of the creek so the shark could not escape?

5. _______ Craven, walking along the bank of the creek, had just about given up on the shark when he saw something bobbing in the water. It was Lester.

Short Essay Questions

1. What might have drawn the shark to the shark-patrol boat? Why?

2. What is a rogue shark? How did this term come about?

3. What happened to both Joseph and Stanley Fisher?

4. After the attack on Charles Bruder, what happened to the news regarding the shark? Why did this happen?

5. Whom did newspaper reporters in New York contact regarding shark attacks? Why did they contact this man?

6. What did Fisher do to try to get Lester's body? How did this affect Fisher? Should he have done this? Why or why not?

7. How do events in this story prove that not everyone had heard about the man-eating shark?

8. Describe the first realization that a shark had entered the Matawan Creek.

9. How were New York and New Jersey's economies affected by this shark? How did the people of these states react to this? How did this lead to federal government efforts?

10. What did Coppleson think of the shark attacks of 1916? How does this compare to other beliefs at the time and beliefs today?

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