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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-10,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The men had foolishly camped near __________________ by the Grand Geyser.
(a) Vent Geyser.
(b) Old Faithful.
(c) Turban Geyser.
(d) Upper Geyser Basin.

2. Other people added their injuries to his campaign and it resulted in increased funding for what and more warnings in handout literature?
(a) Park rangers.
(b) Fences around hot springs and geysers.
(c) Regional safety officers.
(d) Trails.

3. ________ were injured in the 1930s.
(a) 115.
(b) 100.
(c) 15.
(d) 125.

4. Seven victims of freezing and avalanches were army soldiers from __________________.
(a) Fort Yellowstone.
(b) Fort Stewart.
(c) Fort Campbell.
(d) Fort Belvoire.

5. The two naturally occurring poisonous gases in Yellowstone are _____________________.
(a) Sulphur hexafluoride and carbon dioxide.
(b) Nitrous oxide and perfluorocarbons.
(c) Nitrous oxide and hydrogen sulphide.
(d) Hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Yellowstone never been extensively logged for timber?

2. Only _______________ hundred of the world's three hundred thousand species of plans have caused death or serious illness to those in the western hemisphere.

3. Mr. R.N. Adams died on December 18th, 1900 while trying to do what?

4. Surprisingly, hot springs deaths occur more often than _________________ deaths.

5. Sometimes the temperature in Yellowstone falls to______________ degrees below zero.

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