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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. National parks are valuable but what?
(a) They are expensive.
(b) The wild creates danger.
(c) The wild can be tamed.
(d) They are beautiful.

2. Mrs. Joseph Lippman was killed in ___________ when their stagecoach struck a rock on the road and flipped over.
(a) 1909.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1899.

3. The era of drowning began in the __________________, when many private boats and boat rentals occurred there.
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1920s.
(d) 1940s.

4. Seven have drowned from _______________ and due to falling in the Gardner River.
(a) Skiing.
(b) Iceskating.
(c) Car wrecks.
(d) Wagon wrecks.

5. Does the wild does care whether you live or die?
(a) No.
(b) Usually.
(c) Yes.
(d) Rarely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Often stagecoaches would wreck due to what?

2. Many people enter the wild every day how?

3. ____________ fur trappers were killed in 1839 and two park visitors in 1877.

4. The most drownings have occurred in __________________ Lake and arguably no body of water in the Park (and probably in the whole United States) is more potentially dangerous.

5. When did the first two drownings occur?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the one fight that led to a death. Are you surprised by this death? Why or why not?

2. What does Whittlesey think about these early deaths? Do you agree with him? Why or why not?

3. When did the era of drowning begin? How could this have been prevented or lessened?

4. How often do forest fires take place? Why might this be?

5. How many have died in the Yellowstone River? What most likely led to these deaths?

6. Where did the Native Americans in Yellowstone live?

7. What are other ways that people have drowned?

8. Where have the most drownings occurred? Why?

9. What lessons can be drawn from all the drowning?

10. What is known about stagecoach wrecks in the park? What was the cause of most accidents? Why might this have been a consistent problem?

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