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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. Stagecoach wrecks occurred one or more times a summer, but surprisingly, only_________ fatalities are known.
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Thirty-two.

2. This lake is 136 square miles with ____________ miles of shoreline.
(a) 100.
(b) 25.
(c) 110.
(d) 50.

3. A bicycle and _____________ killed Eliis Lingard on August 2nd, 1893.
(a) A bus.
(b) A horse.
(c) A trolley.
(d) A car.

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

5. LeRoy R. Piper disappeared on July 30th, _________.
(a) 1890.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1880.

Short Answer Questions

1. A park bus driver was killed on August 25th, ____________.

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

3. Nature demands that we do what?

4. A self-defense shooting happened in 1886 when stockmen Alex Ferguson and Charles Carpenter had just had a fight about what?

5. Seven people have died from ______________ poisoning.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where have the most drownings occurred? Why?

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

5. How do most drownings occur?

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

7. Where did the Native Americans in Yellowstone live?

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

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

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

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