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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Human Deaths from Bears and How to Keep Them From Happening.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The men had foolishly camped near __________________ by the Grand Geyser.
(a) Old Faithful.
(b) Turban Geyser.
(c) Upper Geyser Basin.
(d) Vent Geyser.

3. The bear charged Crow and did what?
(a) Dodged him.
(b) Rolled away.
(c) Bit him.
(d) Growled at him.

4. By 1993, ___________ deaths had occurred because of a bison attack, but the potential for injuries is great.
(a) Only five.
(b) Only two.
(c) None.
(d) Only one.

5. What had happened to Walker's body?
(a) Surprisingly very little damage was done.
(b) A quarter of it had been eaten by the bear.
(c) It had been thrown around, causing him to go unconscious.
(d) It had received many bites.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________ were injured in the 1930s.

2. When did Kirwan die?

3. Kirwan yelled, '______________' in response.

4. On July 20th, _________, David Allen Kirwan, 24, and his friend, Ronald Ratliff, 25, parked at Yellowstone's Fountain Paint Pot.

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

(see the answer key)

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