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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The beating with the oar and the gunshots had, like some old-time fishermen predicted, probably done what?
(a) Killed the shark.
(b) Scared it south.
(c) Caused the shark to drift north.
(d) Forced it farther out to sea.
2. The men thought once the shark was killed, it would do what?
(a) Disintegrate.
(b) Sink.
(c) Go out to sea.
(d) Surface.
3. Coppleson would one day refer to these attacks as those by the "____________" of New Jersey.
(a) Mad shark.
(b) Wild shark.
(c) White shark.
(d) Crazy shark.
4. Confused by the coastline, the shark swam into the mouth of what creek?
(a) Matawan Creek.
(b) Indian Creek.
(c) Flint Creek.
(d) Muscogee Creek.
5. Benjamin Everingham had been instructed to bring a rifle and ax along. Why did he not bring any weapons?
(a) He thought there was no real threat.
(b) He forgot.
(c) He could not find a rifle or ax.
(d) He did not feel comfortable carrying weapons.
Short Answer Questions
1. The reporters had endless questions about what?
2. What happened to the animal at which they shot?
3. Why might the juvenile shark that attacked the men have turned toward the coast when it reached Sandy Hook Bay on its northward migration?
4. A lunar eclipse would be occurring on July _______ that year.
5. By July _______, bathers returned and ventured back into the water, seeming to forget about the recent attacks.
Short Essay Questions
1. Why might Bruder's legs not have been satisfying for the shark?
2. Whom did newspaper reporters in New York contact regarding shark attacks? Why did they contact this man?
3. How do events in this story prove that not everyone had heard about the man-eating shark?
4. What might have caused the shark to head north?
5. How did Renny's cousin and friends react to the scratch marks on Renny's body and his fear? Why might they have reacted in this way?
6. What happened to both Joseph and Stanley Fisher?
7. 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?
8. What was done to help keep swimmers safe? Was this effective? Why or why not?
9. After the attack on Charles Bruder, what happened to the news regarding the shark? Why did this happen?
10. What was done to try to catch the shark? Why did people react this way?
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