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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. A death due to a bear that cannot be cross-checked occurred in __________.
(a) 1907.
(b) 1807.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1877.

2. What is another reason for why so many injuries occurred because of bears?
(a) The bears began to like to attack humans.
(b) There were garbage dumps behind camp hotels.
(c) The fences had been taken down to create a more natural setting.
(d) The camp sites were being built deep in the wilderness.

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

4. The first documented death occurred in __________, a man by the name of Frank Welch, 61.
(a) 1886.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1861.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the judge want fencing?

2. Why were this many people injured?

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

4. On July 20th, _________, David Allen Kirwan, 24, and his friend, Ronald Ratliff, 25, parked at Yellowstone's Fountain Paint Pot.

5. The author studied _______________________ cases in Yellowstone.

(see the answer key)

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