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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction, Chapters 1-2, Hold Fast to Your Children: Death in Hot Water, 'These Animals Are Not Real': The Myth That Can Kill You!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whittlesey then discusses the case of John Mark Williams, who is the only person to die in a hot springs when?
(a) In the summer.
(b) In the fall.
(c) In the winter.
(d) In the spring.

2. Nineteen have died due to hot springs and ______________ were children.
(a) None.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Seven.

3. Other people added their injuries to his campaign and it resulted in increased funding for what and more warnings in handout literature?
(a) Regional safety officers.
(b) Park rangers.
(c) Fences around hot springs and geysers.
(d) Trails.

4. Two hard-and-fast rules in Yellowstone are what?
(a) To not go near thermal areas and to stay in your tent at night.
(b) To not walk or ski in a thermal area in dark or blizzard conditions and to always camp in your assigned backcountry site.
(c) To keep children in sight and to never bring pets.
(d) To follow marked trails only and to avoid leaving food in open containers.

5. Kirwan prepared to go in the spring and a bystander yelled what?
(a) Not to do so.
(b) To be careful.
(c) To test the temperature of the water.
(d) To hurry up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Andy's father, named James Hecht, wrote who to encourage him to take positive action and he and his wife organized to make the National Park Service commit to improved safety?

2. Josey fell into a pool trying to help a _________ and was badly burned.

3. Death in Yellowstone covers ____________ hundred deaths and each one was a very emotional story for someone, so the author has tried to be delicate.

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

5. The injuries began early, at least in _________ when Macon Josey and photographer H.B. Calfee entered the area.

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