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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. Charles Kenck and Richard Dietrch were killed by the ________________ in 1877 though this was due to an invasion into their territory.
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Shoshones.
(c) Nez Perce.
(d) Wyandots.

2. 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?
(a) At 5:15 pm, he shot himself in the arm.
(b) At 5:15 pm, he shot his friend in the head.
(c) At 5:15 pm, he shot himself in the head.
(d) At 5:15 pm, he shot his sister in the head.

3. _________________ people have drowned in Yellowstone Lake and eleven (maybe seventeen) are of unrecovered bodies.
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Twenty-nine.
(c) Thirty-nine.
(d) Fifty-nine.

4. What else is important regarding the boat?
(a) It should be in good shape and not overloaded.
(b) It should be made of wood.
(c) It should be large and heavy.
(d) It should be new.

5. Today Yellowstone sees between zero and five ________ deaths a year.
(a) Drowning.
(b) Plane.
(c) Shooting.
(d) Auto.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jack Davis die?

2. It is _____________ that forest fires take lives in Yellowstone.

3. However, the Yellowstone River has claimed ____________________ lives.

4. Whittlesey reminds the reader that the wilderness is what?

5. Mrs. Joseph Lippman was killed in ___________ when their stagecoach struck a rock on the road and flipped over.

Short Essay Questions

1. Where have the most drownings occurred? Why?

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

3. Did any drownings take place simultaneously? Why or why not?

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

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

6. What does the author say about people and their interest in chasms? Why is this significant?

7. What are other ways that people have drowned?

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

9. How do most drownings occur?

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

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