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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. What were placed at the mouth of the creek so the shark could not escape?
(a) Boats.
(b) Wire nets.
(c) Metal cages.
(d) Spears.

2. Coppleson would one day refer to these attacks as those by the "____________" of New Jersey.
(a) White shark.
(b) Mad shark.
(c) Crazy shark.
(d) Wild shark.

3. The shark withstood the vengeance of man and days enduring life-threatening fresh water and made its way to ______________ Bay.
(a) Caneel.
(b) Corio.
(c) Raritan.
(d) Sheepshead.

4. In 1922, two _____________ were attacked and killed at the same location, Coogee Beach, by large sharks that struck them with such force that they were lifted from the water.
(a) Swimmers.
(b) Boaters.
(c) Surfers.
(d) Divers.

5. Why might the shark not have been hungry for a short while?
(a) It did not like the taste of humans.
(b) It was ill.
(c) It had digested human body parts.
(d) It may have been storing parts of the two men it had half-eaten, much like a camel stores water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lester Stilwell left his job in _________________ and met his friends at the creek.

2. Most of the flesh on Fisher's thigh from his hip to his knee was gone. When a doctor was finally rounded up, he observed that the bone was not severed but his ____________ artery was bleeding profusely.

3. An influx of salt water to the creek did what?

4. Where was this bay located?

5. ___________________ of sharks were hunted down and slaughtered.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. To what animal is a shark compared? How is this belief supported?

3. How was John Nichols finally forced to believe that sharks could be deadly to humans?

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

5. 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?

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

7. If the shark was near the shark-patrol boat, why were they unable to catch it or shoot it?

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

9. Describe what took place on July 7, 1916.

10. Why might Bruder's legs not have been satisfying for the shark?

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