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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most of the river drownings are due to what?
(a) Deep water.
(b) Extreme currents and rapids.
(c) Storms.
(d) Intoxicated swimmers.

2. Whittlesey argues that Yellowstone must not be what?
(a) Left wild.
(b) Viewed by the general public.
(c) Sanitized.
(d) Allowed to continue.

3. Can the dangers be eliminated without making the wild something other than a wilderness?
(a) Most likely.
(b) Yes.
(c) Possibly.
(d) No.

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

5. _________________ people have drowned in Yellowstone Lake and eleven (maybe seventeen) are of unrecovered bodies.
(a) Thirty-nine.
(b) Twenty-nine.
(c) Fifty-nine.
(d) Nineteen.

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

7. When did the first two drownings occur?
(a) In 1873.
(b) In 1883.
(c) In 1893.
(d) In 1783.

8. A ___________ fire killed Civilian Conservation Corps worker James Hester who lost his life fighting the fire.
(a) 1930.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1920.

9. After escaping to the park, Weber was eventually captured and convicted of what?
(a) Manslaughter.
(b) First-degree murder.
(c) Attempted murder.
(d) Second-degree murder.

10. The Blackfeet to the _____________ and the Crows to the northeast.
(a) West.
(b) South.
(c) East.
(d) North.

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

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

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

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

15. The horse and stagecoach era in Yellowstone lasted from 1872 to _____________.
(a) 1912.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1910.

Short Answer Questions

1. If you want to enjoy the wholeness of nature, you must do what?

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

3. ____________ fur trappers were killed in 1839 and two park visitors in 1877.

4. The Shoshones and Bannocks lived to the ___________________.

5. 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?

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