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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. Most suicides have been by whom?
(a) Teenagers.
(b) Park visitors.
(c) Women.
(d) Park employees.

2. Bears have injured people throughout Yellowstone's history. Are deaths common?
(a) Not early on.
(b) Not recently.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

3. Prevailing winds can produce waves __________________ feet high.
(a) Two to three.
(b) Four to five.
(c) Five to six.
(d) Three to four.

4. Mrs. Joseph Lippman was killed in ___________ when their stagecoach struck a rock on the road and flipped over.
(a) 1929.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1899.

5. Regarding this balance, which way does the author believe our culture errs?
(a) Sometimes towards the latter and sometimes the former.
(b) Too far towards the latter and away from the former.
(c) In neither direction.
(d) Too far towards the former and away from the latter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many of the earliest deaths in Yellowstone come from what?

2. Six deadly poisonous ____________________ grow in Yellowstone as well, such as the Death Cap, Destroying Angel, Deadly Concybe, Deadly Cort, Deadly Galerina, and the Conifer False Model.

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

4. Their story ended what?

5. What had happened to Walker's body?

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