3. What did the judge want to be done with all bears?
(a) They are to be euthanized.
(b) They are to be tracked for safety.
(c) They are to be sent away.
(d) They are to be kept in pens.

4. Whittlesey discusses avoidable deaths due to what regarding bears?
(a) Hunting bears.
(b) Getting unjustifiably close to bears.
(c) Petting bears.
(d) Feeding bears.

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

6. 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.
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Beans.
(d) Legumes.

7. The author studied _______________________ cases in Yellowstone.
(a) Automobile accident.
(b) Influenza outbreak.
(c) Malarial.
(d) Wrongful death and personal injury.

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

9. Robert Walker, age 6, died from what?
(a) A rainstorm that uprooted 176 trees.
(b) A gust of wind that uprooted 176 trees.
(c) A flood that uprooted 176 trees.
(d) An earthquake that uprooted 176 trees.

10. What would cost $3,000?
(a) Tracking one bear.
(b) Sending the bears away.
(c) Catching the bears to put them in pens.
(d) Euthanizing the bears.

11. The National Park Service solved many of these problems by doing what?
(a) Fencing in the forests.
(b) Warning people of the dangers of trees.
(c) Cutting down many trees.
(d) Passing out hardhats to all visitors.

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

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

14. How did the bear react to Walker's actions?
(a) It swatted at him.
(b) It growled at him.
(c) It charged him.
(d) It ran the opposite direction.

15. Other people added their injuries to his campaign and it resulted in increased funding for what and more warnings in handout literature?
(a) Regional safety officers.
(b) Park rangers.
(c) Trails.
(d) Fences around hot springs and geysers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Because Walker and Crow hitchhiked in illegally, what did they miss?

3. ________________ people have died from falling trees in the park inside of buildings and one outside.

4. A ___________________ named Isaac Rowe died June 19th, 1899.

5. Both gases are found in high concentrations where?

(see the answer keys)

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