Jaws by Peter Benchley Questions for April 6, 2018

Chapter 11 1. What did the fishermen catch first? What happened to it?

2. Hooper was ladling chum. What is that?

3. What were in the photos in the cabin of Quint’s boat?

4. Why didn’t Hooper like Quint? Who did Brody side with?

Chapter 12 5. How was the weather during the shark hunt?

6. What were the dynamics between the three men on day 2?

7. What is a chum slick?

8. What role did each man play in their attempt to catch the swordfish?

9. What did Brody and Quint shoot with the gun? Why didn’t Hooper participate?

10. How did the fishermen first know they had encountered the shark?

11. How big did Quint estimate the shark was? What did Hooper guess the maximum size was?

12. What is a megalodon?

13. Why did Vaughan visit Ellen? How had he changed?

14. What did Ellen think about after Vaughan’s visit?

Chapter 13 15. What was Hooper’s plan on the third day of the shark hunt? 16. Why did Hooper and Brody fight?

17. When Brody joined Quint on the flying bridge, what did they talk about?

18. What was Quint’s special bait to attract the shark?

19. What did Hooper hope to accomplish by going down in the cage?

20. What did Hooper take for good luck?

21. What happened when Hooper went down in the cage?

22. What did Brody and Ellen argue about that evening?

Chapter 14 23. How was the weather on hunt day 4? Who went? What did they use as bait?

24. How did Quint attack the shark?

25. How did the shark hunt end?