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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. What soon happened when Kirwan got out of the water?
(a) He was given a medal of honor.
(b) He passed out.
(c) His skin was quickly peeling off and he soon went blind.
(d) He died.

2. The author, Lee H. Whittlesey, was a Yellowstone Park Ranger and later a ______ student.
(a) Art.
(b) Law.
(c) Med.
(d) Doctoral.

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

4. Two women died in __________________ in 1901 though the park ranger failed to reported it.
(a) The Finger Lakes.
(b) The Palm Springs.
(c) The Foothills.
(d) The Thumb Paintpots.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Kirwan die?

2. The clinic at Old Faithful could only do what for Kirwin?

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

4. Other people added their injuries to his campaign and it resulted in increased funding for what and more warnings in handout literature?

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

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