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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where should one steer this boat?
(a) To the center of the lake.
(b) Across the lake.
(c) Near the north shore of the lake.
(d) Close to shore.

2. Seven have drowned in ________________ Lake.
(a) Lewis.
(b) Lenny.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Levi.

3. The horse and stagecoach era in Yellowstone lasted from 1872 to _____________.
(a) 1905.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1912.

4. A park bus killed a woman on July 15th, ___________.
(a) 1921.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1923.

5. _______________ death from a fight is known about.
(a) Only one.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

6. Whittlesey argues that Yellowstone must not be what?
(a) Allowed to continue.
(b) Sanitized.
(c) Viewed by the general public.
(d) Left wild.

7. Regarding this balance, which way does the author believe our culture errs?
(a) Sometimes towards the latter and sometimes the former.
(b) Too far towards the latter and away from the former.
(c) Too far towards the former and away from the latter.
(d) In neither direction.

8. Prevailing winds can produce waves __________________ feet high.
(a) Three to four.
(b) Four to five.
(c) Five to six.
(d) Two to three.

9. Horse and stage coach accidents were fairly common, about _________ times more common than auto accidents today.
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

10. Six people have drowned in fairly unusual places, such as ________________ Lake and Hellroaring Creek.
(a) Jenny.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Gallatin.

11. Often stagecoaches would wreck due to what?
(a) Poor terrain.
(b) Too much weight.
(c) Wild horses.
(d) A broken front axle.

12. How does Whittlesey think Piper died?
(a) From falling into the canyon.
(b) From being eaten by a bear.
(c) From a plant poison.
(d) From falling into a hot spring and disintegrating.

13. Mrs. Louis Helbut died in _______________ from fainting.
(a) 1899.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1898.

14. Six airplane crashes have killed ___________ people in 1943, 1963, 1970, 1978, 1987 and 1981.
(a) Forty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirty.

15. Many people enter the wild every day how?
(a) With a great deal of food.
(b) In fear.
(c) Well-prepared.
(d) Unprepared.

Short Answer Questions

1. Horses combined with wagons have killed at least _____________ people.

2. Perhaps the last stagecoach wreck occurred on July 24th, _____________.

3. Four have drowned in Yellowstone's __________________ Lake.

4. When Ferguson shot Carpenter, killing him, did a jury find him guilty?

5. If you want to boat on Yellowstone Lake, what type of boat should you use?

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