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

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

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

4. _________________ people have committed suicide in Yellowstone and four outside of the park.
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty-five.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. National parks are valuable but what?

2. Weber accused Zutavern of what?

3. Nature demands that we do what?

4. A ___________ fire killed Civilian Conservation Corps worker James Hester who lost his life fighting the fire.

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author have to say about the visitors' behavior regarding the park? What is his opinion about how the park is required to protect these visitors and how our nation as a whole treats its citizens? Do you agree? Why or why not?

2. Describe the violent deaths in Yellowstone. What does this reveal about the wild and national parks?

3. What are other ways that people have drowned?

4. What does Whittlesey think about the suicides that take place?

5. When did the era of drowning begin? How could this have been prevented or lessened?

6. What happened to Charles Kenck and Richard Dietrch? Why did this happen?

7. What was the 'Grand Tour?' How did this affect the safety of those in the park?

8. What happened to LeRoy R. Piper? What does the author think about him?

9. When have plane crashes occurred? Which was the largest craft to crash? Why is this significant?

10. Where did the Native Americans in Yellowstone live?

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