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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Seven have drowned in ________________ Lake.
(a) Lewis.
(b) Levi.
(c) Lenny.
(d) Lawrence.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. The Shoshones and Bannocks lived to the ___________________.
(a) West and north.
(b) West and south.
(c) East and north.
(d) East and south.

13. Is Yellowstone National Park a visitor's friend?
(a) Yes, most of the time.
(b) Yes, but rarely.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

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

15. How did Mrs. H.P. Knapp die?
(a) She fell off of a cliff.
(b) She was burned to death by her gas stove.
(c) She was gored by a bison.
(d) She was eaten by a bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. The era of drowning began in the __________________, when many private boats and boat rentals occurred there.

2. Horse and stage coach accidents were fairly common, about _________ times more common than auto accidents today.

3. How deep is this dangerous lake in some places?

4. Seven have drowned from _______________ and due to falling in the Gardner River.

5. ________________ of horses once occupied the park during the 'Grand Tour' which often occurred in stagecoaches that would last for five to ten days.

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