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. Death in Yellowstone covers ____________ hundred deaths and each one was a very emotional story for someone, so the author has tried to be delicate.
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

2. Lester LaDuke, aged 4, died at _____________ Hot Springs on July 23rd, 1905.
(a) LaDuke.
(b) Geyser.
(c) Mammoth.
(d) Old Yeller.

3. James filed a wrongful death lawsuit and received _______________.
(a) $15,000.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $20,000.
(d) $200,000.

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

5. In most Yellowstone cases, the author argues, the ______________ are simply incorrect that the injury or death suffered was a true accident.
(a) Park rangers.
(b) Families.
(c) Victims.
(d) Locals.

Short Answer 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.

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

3. Kirwan prepared to go in the spring and a bystander yelled what?

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

5. Two hard-and-fast rules in Yellowstone are what?

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