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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. Who was the only person to die in a cave-in?
(a) Pamela Hamilton.
(b) Peter Hanson.
(c) Paul Harrison.
(d) Perry He.

2. Where does the judge want fencing?
(a) Around campgrounds.
(b) Around the entire park.
(c) Around each bear.
(d) Around the bear's habitat.

3. Mrs. Louis Helbut died in _______________ from fainting.
(a) 1889.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1898.

4. As _____________ increased, so did the chance of injury.
(a) Stupidity.
(b) Tourists.
(c) Competitive sports.
(d) The number of children.

5. Two hard-and-fast rules in Yellowstone are what?
(a) To not walk or ski in a thermal area in dark or blizzard conditions and to always camp in your assigned backcountry site.
(b) To follow marked trails only and to avoid leaving food in open containers.
(c) To not go near thermal areas and to stay in your tent at night.
(d) To keep children in sight and to never bring pets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Stones on hillsides are not stationary and _____________ deaths have been caused in Yellowstone from falling rocks.

2. The first documented death occurred in __________, a man by the name of Frank Welch, 61.

3. How many human deaths have occurred because of poisonous gases?

4. When bears attack, are they at fault?

5. ______________________ occur in Yellowstone nearly every day but no known deaths have been caused by them.

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