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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Full board walkways were not introduced into thermal areas until the __________.
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1930s.

2. Walker pointed what at the bear?
(a) A knife.
(b) His flashlight.
(c) His gun.
(d) A cooking utensil.

3. How many human deaths have occurred because of poisonous gases?
(a) Only one.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

4. What did the bear do with Walker?
(a) It dragged him away.
(b) It bit him.
(c) It ran away from him.
(d) It ignored him.

5. The men had foolishly camped near __________________ by the Grand Geyser.
(a) Vent Geyser.
(b) Turban Geyser.
(c) Upper Geyser Basin.
(d) Old Faithful.

6. Because Walker and Crow hitchhiked in illegally, what did they miss?
(a) The chance to see a live bear.
(b) The bear-proof containers for holding food.
(c) The chance to purchase a camp site.
(d) The standard warning literature.

7. A _________________ was killed by lightening in the park on August 27th, 1894, named Bayard T. "Curley" Rogers.
(a) Veterinarian, guide, and animal trainer.
(b) Guide, animal trainer, and teacher.
(c) Doctor, hunter, and trapper.
(d) Trapper, hunter and guide.

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

9. Kirwan yelled, '______________' in response.
(a) You hurry up.
(b) I will.
(c) I don't have time.
(d) Like hell I won't.

10. What court case was created because of this incident?
(a) A wrongful death lawsuit was filed against park management.
(b) A wrongful death lawsuit was filed against the National Park Society.
(c) A wrongful death lawsuit was filed against Walker's friend.
(d) A wrongful death lawsuit was filed against the bear.

11. Andy's father, named James Hecht, wrote who to encourage him to take positive action and he and his wife organized to make the National Park Service commit to improved safety?
(a) The Secretary of Defense.
(b) The Secretary of the Interior.
(c) President of the U.S.
(d) The Secretary of State.

12. What soon happened when Kirwan got out of the water?
(a) He was given a medal of honor.
(b) He passed out.
(c) His skin was quickly peeling off and he soon went blind.
(d) He died.

13. 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) Beans.
(c) Legumes.
(d) Flowers.

14. ________________ people have died from falling trees in the park inside of buildings and one outside.
(a) Two to three.
(b) One to two.
(c) Four to five.
(d) Three to four.

15. The two naturally occurring poisonous gases in Yellowstone are _____________________.
(a) Nitrous oxide and perfluorocarbons.
(b) Hydrogen sulphide and carbon dioxide.
(c) Sulphur hexafluoride and carbon dioxide.
(d) Nitrous oxide and hydrogen sulphide.

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

3. In most Yellowstone cases, the author argues, the ______________ are simply incorrect that the injury or death suffered was a true accident.

4. On July 20th, _________, David Allen Kirwan, 24, and his friend, Ronald Ratliff, 25, parked at Yellowstone's Fountain Paint Pot.

5. What would cost $3,000?

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