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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Human Deaths from Bears and How to Keep Them From Happening.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The judge for the case wanted what along boardwalks?
(a) Railings.
(b) Trashcans.
(c) Emergency phones.
(d) More signs.

2. While they view the springs, Ratliff's dog 'Mossie', a large Mastiff, escaped from the car and jumped into Celestine Pool, which routinely measures _______ degrees Fahrenheit.
(a) 102.
(b) 148.
(c) 202.
(d) 184.

3. Full board walkways were not introduced into thermal areas until the __________.
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1940s.

4. By 1993, ___________ deaths had occurred because of a bison attack, but the potential for injuries is great.
(a) Only five.
(b) Only one.
(c) Only two.
(d) None.

5. The injuries began early, at least in _________ when Macon Josey and photographer H.B. Calfee entered the area.
(a) 1817.
(b) 1781.
(c) 1871.
(d) 1718.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another reason for why so many injuries occurred because of bears?

2. What would cost $3,000?

3. Whittlesey then discusses the case of John Mark Williams, who is the only person to die in a hot springs when?

4. On July 20th, _________, David Allen Kirwan, 24, and his friend, Ronald Ratliff, 25, parked at Yellowstone's Fountain Paint Pot.

5. In most Yellowstone cases, the author argues, the ______________ are simply incorrect that the injury or death suffered was a true accident.

(see the answer key)

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