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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25, Powerless in Eden: Deaths From Suicide, Missing and Presumed Dead, Deaths From Gas Stove Explosions and Structural Fires, Deaths From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Travel in Wonderland: Death on the Road and in the Air, Conclusion: Pay Attent.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A ___________ fire killed Civilian Conservation Corps worker James Hester who lost his life fighting the fire.
(a) 1910.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1920.

2. Harry Walker, 25, on Friday, ____________________, hitchhiked into Yellowstone Park illegally with his friend 'Crow.'
(a) November 23rd, 1973.
(b) January 23rd, 1973.
(c) July 23rd, 1973.
(d) June 23rd, 1973.

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) Climbing a tree.
(d) Swinging on a tree branch.

4. The number of violent deaths in Yellowstone between 1839 and 1993 is over ____________ hundred; adding in auto and snowmobile wrecks, there are another few hundred.
(a) Three.
(b) Nine.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

5. Four have drowned in Yellowstone's __________________ Lake.
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Black Hawk.
(c) Shoshone.
(d) Lenape.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kirwan prepared to go in the spring and a bystander yelled what?

2. Perhaps the last stagecoach wreck occurred on July 24th, _____________.

3. There is a challenge of balancing what?

4. Yellowstone has only _______ of these dangerous species.

5. Bears have injured people throughout Yellowstone's history. Are deaths common?

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