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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. When did Kirwan die?
(a) A month later.
(b) The next morning.
(c) That night.
(d) Later in the week.

2. The men had foolishly camped near __________________ by the Grand Geyser.
(a) Turban Geyser.
(b) Vent Geyser.
(c) Old Faithful.
(d) Upper Geyser Basin.

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

4. Their story ended what?
(a) Bears being allowed in the park.
(b) Bears being allowed to be fed.
(c) Bears being allowed to roam the forest.
(d) Bears being allowed to feed along the road of Yellowstone.

5. Other people added their injuries to his campaign and it resulted in increased funding for what and more warnings in handout literature?
(a) Park rangers.
(b) Regional safety officers.
(c) Trails.
(d) Fences around hot springs and geysers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author, Lee H. Whittlesey, was a Yellowstone Park Ranger and later a ______ student.

3. Whittlesey then discusses the case of John Mark Williams, who is the only person to die in a hot springs when?

4. The injuries began early, at least in _________ when Macon Josey and photographer H.B. Calfee entered the area.

5. In most Yellowstone cases, the author argues, the ______________ are simply incorrect that the injury or death suffered was a true accident.

(see the answer key)

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