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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most of the river drownings are due to what?
(a) Extreme currents and rapids.
(b) Deep water.
(c) Intoxicated swimmers.
(d) Storms.

2. The first suicide was committed by _______________, 27, who died January 27th, 1884 from overdosing on morphine.
(a) Mrs. Eleanor Monroe.
(b) Mrs. Emilia Madison.
(c) Mrs. Emily Moore.
(d) Mrs. Elaine McKinley.

3. Stagecoach wrecks occurred one or more times a summer, but surprisingly, only_________ fatalities are known.
(a) Four.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Thirty-two.
(d) Eight.

4. Phillip Bassett died on May 1st, 1884 from what?
(a) Stabbing himself.
(b) Shooting himself.
(c) An unknown poison.
(d) An overdose of morphine.

5. Four have drowned in Yellowstone's __________________ Lake.
(a) Black Hawk.
(b) Lenape.
(c) Shoshone.
(d) Cherokee.

6. The Blackfeet to the _____________ and the Crows to the northeast.
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) West.

7. More people in Yellowstone have died from _________________ than any other single cause of death save those not included in the book.
(a) Heart attacks.
(b) Insect bites.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Dehydration.

8. What must everyone in the boat have?
(a) A life jacket.
(b) First aid certification.
(c) Excellent swimming skills.
(d) Life guard training.

9. The largest aircraft death was the first, when ___________________ crashed.
(a) NC-17.
(b) US Air Force B-17 Bomber.
(c) Boeing 747.
(d) US Air 149.

10. _____________ people have died from accidental and self-defense shooting.
(a) Four.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Seven.

11. Charles Kenck and Richard Dietrch were killed by the ________________ in 1877 though this was due to an invasion into their territory.
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Shoshones.
(c) Nez Perce.
(d) Wyandots.

12. One of the more interesting stories occurred when an Army soldier was shot by whom?
(a) A park ranger.
(b) A Native American.
(c) A fellow soldier.
(d) His superior.

13. The Shoshones and Bannocks lived to the ___________________.
(a) West and south.
(b) East and south.
(c) East and north.
(d) West and north.

14. A bicycle and _____________ killed Eliis Lingard on August 2nd, 1893.
(a) A bus.
(b) A car.
(c) A trolley.
(d) A horse.

15. In 1949 a bus accident killed who?
(a) A park ranger.
(b) The driver.
(c) A bus passenger.
(d) A pedestrian.

Short Answer Questions

1. A park bus driver was killed on August 25th, ____________.

2. The automobile was allowed into Yellowstone in August, ___________ and the park has been motorized since the summer of 1917.

3. Mrs. Louis Helbut died in _______________ from fainting.

4. This lake is 136 square miles with ____________ miles of shoreline.

5. How did Mrs. H.P. Knapp die?

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