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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-14, Fatal Attraction: Deaths From Falls, Deaths From Forest Fires: Smoke Chasing Can Kill, The Gloom of Earthquakes: Shaky Breaky Park, Danger in the Water: Deaths From Drowning.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The most drownings have occurred in __________________ Lake and arguably no body of water in the Park (and probably in the whole United States) is more potentially dangerous.
(a) Yellowstone.
(b) Lamar.
(c) Heart.
(d) Lower.

3. What else is important regarding the boat?
(a) It should be made of wood.
(b) It should be new.
(c) It should be large and heavy.
(d) It should be in good shape and not overloaded.

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

5. Josey fell into a pool trying to help a _________ and was badly burned.
(a) Dog.
(b) Child.
(c) Bear.
(d) Deer.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the __________, they saw a grizzly bear rooting through their campsite.

2. How deep is this dangerous lake in some places?

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

4. Two hard-and-fast rules in Yellowstone are what?

5. An early death occurred in ____________ due to twenty-year-old John Havekost and his acquaintance Perry Norris.

(see the answer key)

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