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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. ______________________ occur in Yellowstone nearly every day but no known deaths have been caused by them.
(a) Storms.
(b) Hurricanes.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Fires.

2. Many of the earliest deaths in Yellowstone come from what?
(a) Battles between soldiers.
(b) Bison attacks.
(c) Battles with Native Americans.
(d) Bear attacks.

3. The first suicide was committed by _______________, 27, who died January 27th, 1884 from overdosing on morphine.
(a) Mrs. Emilia Madison.
(b) Mrs. Elaine McKinley.
(c) Mrs. Eleanor Monroe.
(d) Mrs. Emily Moore.

4. It is _____________ that forest fires take lives in Yellowstone.
(a) Constant.
(b) Frequent.
(c) Not uncommon.
(d) Rare.

5. In 1949 a bus accident killed who?
(a) A bus passenger.
(b) A pedestrian.
(c) The driver.
(d) A park ranger.

Short Answer Questions

1. The automobile was allowed into Yellowstone in August, ___________ and the park has been motorized since the summer of 1917.

2. The author believes people simply do what, regarding their time in the park?

3. The number of violent deaths in Yellowstone between 1839 and 1993 is over ____________ hundred; adding in auto and snowmobile wrecks, there are another few hundred.

4. This lake is 136 square miles with ____________ miles of shoreline.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the Native Americans in Yellowstone live?

2. What is the single most likely cause of death at Yellowstone? Why might this be?

3. How do many visitors enter a park? What can be done to protect these people? How does this affect the park? What does the author have to say about these safety measures?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What are other ways that people have drowned?

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

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