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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. Ultimately Kirwan had third degree burns on ______________.
(a) His hands.
(b) No part of his body.
(c) His face.
(d) His entire body.

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

3. The worst accident happened June 28th, __________, when Andy C. Hect, 9, was walking with his family along Crested Pool near Old Faithful.
(a) 1980.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1970.

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

5. One of the worst things about falling into the spring is realizing what?
(a) One could remain fully conscious for hours awaiting death.
(b) One could become blind.
(c) One could die instantly.
(d) One could get second degree burns.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Lester LaDuke, aged 4, died at _____________ Hot Springs on July 23rd, 1905.

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

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

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