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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. By Saturday, July 15, Coney Island and Brighton Beach had lost an estimated __________________ beach goers, replaced by gangs of men armed with guns and spears bent on killing sharks.
(a) 50,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 500.

2. 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.

3. In New York City, some newspaper reporters visited whose office?
(a) Dr. Augustus Frederic Lucas'.
(b) Dr. Frederic Augustus Lucas'.
(c) Dr. Frank Aaron Lucas'.
(d) Dr. Aaron Frank Lucas'.

4. How was Fisher able to fight against the shark?
(a) He was brave.
(b) He was smart.
(c) He was quick.
(d) He was an athletically built man.

5. Fisher and fisherman George _________________ made repeated dives into the murky water but could not find Lester.
(a) Barringer.
(b) Burlew.
(c) Barrows.
(d) Barlow.

Short Answer Questions

1. _______ 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.

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

3. The great white can grow to _____________ feet or more and weigh several tons.

4. The expert and some of his assistants had witnessed sharks first hand and had observed how difficult it was for them to do what?

5. 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.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was done to help keep swimmers safe? Was this effective? Why or why not?

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

3. What was done to try to catch the shark? Why did people react this way?

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

5. What led the shark to Matawan?

6. What did Fisher set up in the creek? Why did he do this?

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

8. What had occurred by July 9th? Why?

9. 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?

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

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