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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-14, Fatal Attraction: Deaths From Falls, Deaths From Forest Fires: Smoke Chasing Can Kill, The Gloom of Earthquakes: Shaky Breaky Park, Danger in the Water: Deaths From Drowning.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. It is _____________ that forest fires take lives in Yellowstone.
(a) Rare.
(b) Constant.
(c) Not uncommon.
(d) Frequent.

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

4. However, the Yellowstone River has claimed ____________________ lives.
(a) Fifty-one.
(b) Thirty-one.
(c) Forty-one.
(d) Twenty-one.

5. Kirwan yelled, '______________' in response.
(a) I will.
(b) You hurry up.
(c) I don't have time.
(d) Like hell I won't.

Short Answer Questions

1. In most Yellowstone cases, the author argues, the ______________ are simply incorrect that the injury or death suffered was a true accident.

2. Lester LaDuke, aged 4, died at _____________ Hot Springs on July 23rd, 1905.

3. On the __________, they saw a grizzly bear rooting through their campsite.

4. Surprisingly, hot springs deaths occur more often than _________________ deaths.

5. What caused most trees to fall down?

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