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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Human Deaths from Bears and How to Keep Them From Happening.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By 1993, ___________ deaths had occurred because of a bison attack, but the potential for injuries is great.
(a) Only two.
(b) None.
(c) Only one.
(d) Only five.

3. Whittlesey understands that humans want to do what regarding large animals?
(a) Run away from them.
(b) Hug them.
(c) Kill them.
(d) Touch them.

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

5. How did the bear react to Walker's actions?
(a) It charged him.
(b) It ran the opposite direction.
(c) It swatted at him.
(d) It growled at him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A death due to a bear that cannot be cross-checked occurred in __________.

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

4. The author notes that even the very experienced, like his friend Randy Ingersoll, a fifteen year veteran ________________ in Yellowstone, was severely injured by a bear.

5. What did the judge want to be done with all bears?

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