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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-20, Clash of Cultures: Deaths From Indian Battles, A Knockout at Bacon Rind: Deaths From Fights, A Death From Diving, Wild Horses: Deaths From Horse, Wagon, and Stagecoach Incidents, Deaths From Accidental and Self Defense Shootings, Malice in.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Stones on hillsides are not stationary and _____________ deaths have been caused in Yellowstone from falling rocks.
(a) Two to three.
(b) Four to five.
(c) Five to six.
(d) Three to four.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sometimes the temperature in Yellowstone falls to______________ degrees below zero.

2. 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.

3. The author, Lee H. Whittlesey, was a Yellowstone Park Ranger and later a ______ student.

4. The first documented death occurred in __________, a man by the name of Frank Welch, 61.

5. It is more common than one would think in Montana, but not ______________.

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