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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lorrie Grewe, 11, died on July 11th, 1972 due to who?
(a) Her younger brother.
(b) An unidentified boy around age fourteen.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The tour guide.

2. The author, Lee H. Whittlesey, was a Yellowstone Park Ranger and later a ______ student.
(a) Law.
(b) Doctoral.
(c) Art.
(d) Med.

3. Why were this many people injured?
(a) There were more visitors.
(b) There were more bears.
(c) Visitors were feeding bears.
(d) The bears were no longer afraid of the visitors.

4. Why has Yellowstone never been extensively logged for timber?
(a) it was set aside by Congress before settlers arrived.
(b) The trees are of poor quality.
(c) There is not a great amount of wood available.
(d) There is no need for the wood at Yellowstone.

5. Bears have injured people throughout Yellowstone's history. Are deaths common?
(a) Yes.
(b) Not recently.
(c) Not early on.
(d) No.

6. What did the bear do with Walker?
(a) It dragged him away.
(b) It bit him.
(c) It ignored him.
(d) It ran away from him.

7. Because Walker and Crow hitchhiked in illegally, what did they miss?
(a) The chance to purchase a camp site.
(b) The chance to see a live bear.
(c) The standard warning literature.
(d) The bear-proof containers for holding food.

8. Josey fell into a pool trying to help a _________ and was badly burned.
(a) Dog.
(b) Child.
(c) Deer.
(d) Bear.

9. Their story ended what?
(a) Bears being allowed to feed along the road of Yellowstone.
(b) Bears being allowed in the park.
(c) Bears being allowed to be fed.
(d) Bears being allowed to roam the forest.

10. When did Kirwan die?
(a) Later in the week.
(b) A month later.
(c) The next morning.
(d) That night.

11. An early death occurred in ____________ due to twenty-year-old John Havekost and his acquaintance Perry Norris.
(a) 1937.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1927.

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

13. Harry Walker, 25, on Friday, ____________________, hitchhiked into Yellowstone Park illegally with his friend 'Crow.'
(a) November 23rd, 1973.
(b) July 23rd, 1973.
(c) January 23rd, 1973.
(d) June 23rd, 1973.

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

15. New trails were carved for what purpose?
(a) To give visitors something to do other than visit springs and geysers.
(b) To bring visitors closer to the springs and geysers.
(c) To avoid springs and geysers.
(d) To encourage visitors to go hiking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Two hard-and-fast rules in Yellowstone are what?

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

3. Lt. Joseph McDonald died in an odd place west of _________________.

4. When was Walker's body found?

5. What caused most trees to fall down?

(see the answer keys)

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