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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused most trees to fall down?
(a) Floods, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
(b) Windstorms, logging and rotting trees.
(c) Windstorms, hailstorms, and snowstorms.
(d) Lightning, earthquakes, and floods.

2. It is more common than one would think in Montana, but not ______________.
(a) Nevada.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Wyoming.

3. A _________________ was killed by lightening in the park on August 27th, 1894, named Bayard T. "Curley" Rogers.
(a) Guide, animal trainer, and teacher.
(b) Doctor, hunter, and trapper.
(c) Veterinarian, guide, and animal trainer.
(d) Trapper, hunter and guide.

4. Six deadly poisonous ____________________ grow in Yellowstone as well, such as the Death Cap, Destroying Angel, Deadly Concybe, Deadly Cort, Deadly Galerina, and the Conifer False Model.
(a) Flowers.
(b) Legumes.
(c) Beans.
(d) Mushrooms.

5. Why might people want to do this regarding large animals?
(a) Due to domination.
(b) Due to fear.
(c) Due to allergies.
(d) For affection or domination.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first avalanche victim was ________________ on February 21st, 1884.

2. The author, Lee H. Whittlesey, was a Yellowstone Park Ranger and later a ______ student.

3. An early death occurred in ____________ due to twenty-year-old John Havekost and his acquaintance Perry Norris.

4. New trails were carved for what purpose?

5. The National Park Service solved many of these problems by doing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to a lessening of the risk of death due to trees falling? Is this good or bad?

2. What does the author suggest people do to be more in touch with nature?

3. Describe the court case that came from Harry's and Crow's actions.

4. Describe the worst hot spring accident. Why might this be the worst?

5. What happened to David Allen Kirwan? How could this have been avoided?

6. What does the author understand about how humans feel about large, wild animals? What advice does he give?

7. Why did many of the deaths described in this book take place?

8. How does the author show that wild animals are unpredictable and dangerous?

9. Describe the author of this book. How does this background information on the author reveal about his reasons for writing this book?

10. Why were people killed in the 1930s by bears? Why might the bears have killed in these cases?

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