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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction, Chapters 1-2, Hold Fast to Your Children: Death in Hot Water, 'These Animals Are Not Real': The Myth That Can Kill You!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As _____________ increased, so did the chance of injury.
(a) The number of children.
(b) Competitive sports.
(c) Tourists.
(d) Stupidity.

2. Kirwan prepared to go in the spring and a bystander yelled what?
(a) To be careful.
(b) To test the temperature of the water.
(c) To hurry up.
(d) Not to do so.

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

4. In most Yellowstone cases, the author argues, the ______________ are simply incorrect that the injury or death suffered was a true accident.
(a) Park rangers.
(b) Victims.
(c) Locals.
(d) Families.

5. One of the worst things about falling into the spring is realizing what?
(a) One could get second degree burns.
(b) One could remain fully conscious for hours awaiting death.
(c) One could become blind.
(d) One could die instantly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nineteen have died due to hot springs and ______________ were children.

2. Kirwan yelled, '______________' in response.

3. Other people added their injuries to his campaign and it resulted in increased funding for what and more warnings in handout literature?

4. In ____________, Walter Watson died by falling in a deep geyser tube.

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

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