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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. Four have drowned in Yellowstone's __________________ Lake.
(a) Shoshone.
(b) Cherokee.
(c) Black Hawk.
(d) Lenape.

2. Most deaths are due to what regarding this lake?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Boating.
(d) Diving.

3. After serving five years President ________________ pardoned Weber after the German consul pulled for him.
(a) Chester Arthur.
(b) Benjamin Harrison.
(c) Grover Cleveland.
(d) James Garfield.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During a later physical fight, Zutavern starting beating Weber with a rock. How did Weber respond?

2. Is Yellowstone National Park a visitor's friend?

3. Prevailing winds can produce waves __________________ feet high.

4. A park bus killed a woman on July 15th, ___________.

5. Today Yellowstone sees between zero and five ________ deaths a year.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are other ways that people have drowned?

2. What does Whittlesey think about these early deaths? Do you agree with him? Why or why not?

3. Where have the most drownings occurred? Why?

4. Why was Weber pardoned for killing Zutavern? Should he have been pardoned? Why or why not?

5. How does the author end the book? Why does he end it in this way?

6. What lessons can be drawn from all the drowning?

7. Describe the one fight that led to a death. Are you surprised by this death? Why or why not?

8. How many have died in the Yellowstone River? What most likely led to these deaths?

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

10. 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?

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