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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. Josey fell into a pool trying to help a _________ and was badly burned.
(a) Child.
(b) Dog.
(c) Bear.
(d) Deer.

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

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

4. Surprisingly, hot springs deaths occur more often than _________________ deaths.
(a) Shooting.
(b) Grizzly bear.
(c) Earthquake.
(d) Lightning strike.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Kirwan die?

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

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

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

5. Two women died in __________________ in 1901 though the park ranger failed to reported it.

(see the answer key)

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