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

2. Nature demands that we do what?
(a) Fight back.
(b) Hide.
(c) Pay attention.
(d) Run away.

3. As of 1995, ___________________ people have died from falls in Yellowstone, four from man-made structures, three from mounts and the rest into canyons.
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifteen.

4. Six airplane crashes have killed ___________ people in 1943, 1963, 1970, 1978, 1987 and 1981.
(a) Twenty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Ten.

5. Does the wild does care whether you live or die?
(a) Yes.
(b) Rarely.
(c) No.
(d) Usually.

Short Answer Questions

1. Six people have drowned in fairly unusual places, such as ________________ Lake and Hellroaring Creek.

2. Where should one steer this boat?

3. An accidental shooting occurred on November 15th, 1938 when Robert Leroy 'Pud' Robinson, a thirteen year old son of the Master Mechanic of the park, was playing with a loaded .22 rifle. What happened?

4. When did the first two drownings occur?

5. There was a special case of a man and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Earl J. Dunn, who did what on July 13th, 1924?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were the causes of the earliest Yellowstone deaths? Why is little known about these deaths?

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

5. 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?

6. When were automobiles first seen in the park? How did this affect the death rate?

7. What are other ways that people have drowned?

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

9. How often do forest fires take place? Why might this be?

10. Describe the first suicide at Yellowstone. How is this story important?

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