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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. While they view the springs, Ratliff's dog 'Mossie', a large Mastiff, escaped from the car and jumped into Celestine Pool, which routinely measures _______ degrees Fahrenheit.
(a) 148.
(b) 202.
(c) 184.
(d) 102.

2. Full board walkways were not introduced into thermal areas until the __________.
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1950s.

3. The injuries began early, at least in _________ when Macon Josey and photographer H.B. Calfee entered the area.
(a) 1871.
(b) 1817.
(c) 1718.
(d) 1781.

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

5. In ____________, Walter Watson died by falling in a deep geyser tube.
(a) 1928.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1882.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nineteen have died due to hot springs and ______________ were children.

2. Ultimately Kirwan had third degree burns on ______________.

3. By 1993, ___________ deaths had occurred because of a bison attack, but the potential for injuries is great.

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

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

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