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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Seven have drowned from _______________ and due to falling in the Gardner River.
(a) Skiing.
(b) Car wrecks.
(c) Iceskating.
(d) Wagon wrecks.

2. It is _____________ that forest fires take lives in Yellowstone.
(a) Not uncommon.
(b) Constant.
(c) Rare.
(d) Frequent.

3. How deep is this dangerous lake in some places?
(a) 350 feet deep.
(b) 45 feet deep.
(c) 750 feet deep.
(d) 450 feet deep.

4. In 1949 a bus accident killed who?
(a) The driver.
(b) A bus passenger.
(c) A pedestrian.
(d) A park ranger.

5. The army duty was dreary and in 1911-12 some of the men got what?
(a) Cabin fever.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Depression.
(d) Influenza.

6. This lake is 136 square miles with ____________ miles of shoreline.
(a) 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 110.
(d) 25.

7. Perhaps the last stagecoach wreck occurred on July 24th, _____________.
(a) 1916.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1916.

8. Most deaths are due to what regarding this lake?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Boating.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Diving.

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

10. What else is important regarding the boat?
(a) It should be in good shape and not overloaded.
(b) It should be new.
(c) It should be made of wood.
(d) It should be large and heavy.

11. A ________________ soldier drowned due to falling in the water and another died from falling due to intoxication.
(a) New.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Deserting.
(d) Dying.

12. When Ferguson shot Carpenter, killing him, did a jury find him guilty?
(a) The jury was never able to come to an agreement.
(b) Yes.
(c) Yes, but not right away.
(d) No.

13. How does Whittlesey think Piper died?
(a) From a plant poison.
(b) From falling into a hot spring and disintegrating.
(c) From falling into the canyon.
(d) From being eaten by a bear.

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

15. Today Yellowstone sees between zero and five ________ deaths a year.
(a) Plane.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Auto.
(d) Shooting.

Short Answer Questions

1. _____________ people have died from accidental and self-defense shooting.

2. The automobile was allowed into Yellowstone in August, ___________ and the park has been motorized since the summer of 1917.

3. ____________ murders have occurred inside Yellowstone and ten in nearby towns.

4. In 1937, a horrible fire killed fifteen __________________ and injured thirty-nine others.

5. When did the first two drownings occur?

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