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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Many people enter the wild every day how?
(a) With a great deal of food.
(b) In fear.
(c) Well-prepared.
(d) Unprepared.

3. The author believes people simply do what, regarding their time in the park?
(a) Get too close to the animals.
(b) Stand too close to canyon edges.
(c) Take too many chances.
(d) Touch poisonous plants.

4. ______________________ occur in Yellowstone nearly every day but no known deaths have been caused by them.
(a) Earthquakes.
(b) Fires.
(c) Storms.
(d) Hurricanes.

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

6. Horse and stage coach accidents were fairly common, about _________ times more common than auto accidents today.
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

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

8. What must everyone in the boat have?
(a) A life jacket.
(b) Life guard training.
(c) Excellent swimming skills.
(d) First aid certification.

9. _______________ death from a fight is known about.
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Only one.

10. Phillip Bassett died on May 1st, 1884 from what?
(a) An overdose of morphine.
(b) Stabbing himself.
(c) An unknown poison.
(d) Shooting himself.

11. In 1937, a horrible fire killed fifteen __________________ and injured thirty-nine others.
(a) Doctors.
(b) Loggers.
(c) Boy Scouts.
(d) Firefighters.

12. A bicycle and _____________ killed Eliis Lingard on August 2nd, 1893.
(a) A trolley.
(b) A car.
(c) A horse.
(d) A bus.

13. The number of violent deaths in Yellowstone between 1839 and 1993 is over ____________ hundred; adding in auto and snowmobile wrecks, there are another few hundred.
(a) Five.
(b) Nine.
(c) Seven.
(d) Three.

14. 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) Zutavern's recent promotion.
(b) Who made more money.
(c) A trade they had made.
(d) A bet they had made.

15. As of 1995, ___________________ people have died from falls in Yellowstone, four from man-made structures, three from mounts and the rest into canyons.
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty-four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between where was the first aircraft traveling when it crashed in Yellowstone?

2. National parks are valuable but what?

3. Mrs. Joseph Lippman was killed in ___________ when their stagecoach struck a rock on the road and flipped over.

4. A ________________ soldier drowned due to falling in the water and another died from falling due to intoxication.

5. LeRoy R. Piper disappeared on July 30th, _________.

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