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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. Why has Yellowstone never been extensively logged for timber?
(a) The trees are of poor quality.
(b) it was set aside by Congress before settlers arrived.
(c) There is no need for the wood at Yellowstone.
(d) There is not a great amount of wood available.

2. How deep is this dangerous lake in some places?
(a) 350 feet deep.
(b) 450 feet deep.
(c) 750 feet deep.
(d) 45 feet deep.

3. One of the more interesting stories occurred when an Army soldier was shot by whom?
(a) A Native American.
(b) A park ranger.
(c) His superior.
(d) A fellow soldier.

4. _________________ people have drowned in Yellowstone Lake and eleven (maybe seventeen) are of unrecovered bodies.
(a) Twenty-nine.
(b) Thirty-nine.
(c) Fifty-nine.
(d) Nineteen.

5. _____________ people have died in avalanches and at least eight from freezing or what is called 'exposure.'
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Six deadly poisonous ____________________ grow in Yellowstone as well, such as the Death Cap, Destroying Angel, Deadly Concybe, Deadly Cort, Deadly Galerina, and the Conifer False Model.

2. In ____________, Walter Watson died by falling in a deep geyser tube.

3. On August 20th, 1883, George Weber started arguing with John Zutavern; they were both employed by the park improvement company and were fighting over what?

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

5. ______________________ occur in Yellowstone nearly every day but no known deaths have been caused by them.

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