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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The first suicide was committed by _______________, 27, who died January 27th, 1884 from overdosing on morphine.
(a) Mrs. Eleanor Monroe.
(b) Mrs. Elaine McKinley.
(c) Mrs. Emily Moore.
(d) Mrs. Emilia Madison.

3. When is the only time Whittlesey will consider sailing on the Lake?
(a) When it is late at night.
(b) When it is early morning or late night.
(c) When it is in the middle of the day.
(d) When it is early in the morning.

4. What is known about these early incidents?
(a) Quite a bit.
(b) Absolutely nothing.
(c) A great deal.
(d) Little.

5. A self-defense shooting happened in 1886 when stockmen Alex Ferguson and Charles Carpenter had just had a fight about what?
(a) Carpenter stealing cattle from Ferguson.
(b) Ferguson stealing cattle from Carpenter.
(c) Ferguson's cattle being on Carpenter's land.
(d) Carpenter's cattle being on Ferguson's land.

6. However, the Yellowstone River has claimed ____________________ lives.
(a) Fifty-one.
(b) Forty-one.
(c) Thirty-one.
(d) Twenty-one.

7. Charles Kenck and Richard Dietrch were killed by the ________________ in 1877 though this was due to an invasion into their territory.
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Shoshones.
(c) Nez Perce.
(d) Wyandots.

8. Six people have drowned in fairly unusual places, such as ________________ Lake and Hellroaring Creek.
(a) Jenny.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Gallatin.
(d) Jackson.

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

10. If you want to enjoy the wholeness of nature, you must do what?
(a) Watch nature on television and in movies.
(b) Accept the dangers and prepare for them yourself.
(c) Visit zoos and private parks.
(d) Where protective gear.

11. There was a special case of a man and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Earl J. Dunn, who did what on July 13th, 1924?
(a) They convinced someone else to jump off the rim of the Yellowstone Grand Canyon.
(b) They jumped off the rim of the Yellowstone Grand Canyon.
(c) They backed their car off the rim of the Yellowstone Grand Canyon.
(d) They drove their car off the rim of the Yellowstone Grand Canyon.

12. In the army era of 1886-_________, the snow was very deep.
(a) 1908.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1918.

13. The automobile was allowed into Yellowstone in August, ___________ and the park has been motorized since the summer of 1917.
(a) 1913.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1914.

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

15. On August 20th, 1883, George Weber started arguing with John Zutavern; they were both employed by the park improvement company and were fighting over what?
(a) A trade they had made.
(b) Zutavern's recent promotion.
(c) Who made more money.
(d) A bet they had made.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must everyone in the boat have?

2. How does Whittlesey think Piper died?

3. As of 1995, ___________________ people have died from falls in Yellowstone, four from man-made structures, three from mounts and the rest into canyons.

4. When Ferguson shot Carpenter, killing him, did a jury find him guilty?

5. ______________________ occur in Yellowstone nearly every day but no known deaths have been caused by them.

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