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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-10,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Death in Yellowstone covers ____________ hundred deaths and each one was a very emotional story for someone, so the author has tried to be delicate.
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

2. When eaten, this plant affects what part of the body?
(a) The lungs.
(b) The mind.
(c) The nervous system.
(d) The heart.

3. Mr. R.N. Adams died on December 18th, 1900 while trying to do what?
(a) Carving his name into a tree.
(b) Chop down a tree.
(c) Swinging on a tree branch.
(d) Climbing a tree.

4. Kirwan prepared to go in the spring and a bystander yelled what?
(a) To hurry up.
(b) To be careful.
(c) To test the temperature of the water.
(d) Not to do so.

5. _____________ people have died in avalanches and at least eight from freezing or what is called 'exposure.'
(a) Ten.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. James filed a wrongful death lawsuit and received _______________.

2. Andy's father, named James Hecht, wrote who to encourage him to take positive action and he and his wife organized to make the National Park Service commit to improved safety?

3. Only _______________ hundred of the world's three hundred thousand species of plans have caused death or serious illness to those in the western hemisphere.

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. One of the worst things about falling into the spring is realizing what?

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