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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Other people added their injuries to his campaign and it resulted in increased funding for what and more warnings in handout literature?

2. ________________ people have died from falling trees in the park inside of buildings and one outside.

3. The injuries began early, at least in _________ when Macon Josey and photographer H.B. Calfee entered the area.

4. Sometimes the temperature in Yellowstone falls to______________ degrees below zero.

5. What caused most trees to fall down?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Harry Walker? Are you surprised by this story? Why or why not?

2. Why is death due to falling trees a real threat at Yellowstone?

3. Why did many of the deaths described in this book take place?

4. What led to a lessening of the risk of death due to trees falling? Is this good or bad?

5. How many dangerous plants exist in Yellowstone? Name one of them. How is this plant dangerous? Why is this important to know?

6. How are winters at Yellowstone dangerous?

7. What is surprising about bears at Yellowstone? Why might this be true?

8. What happened to David Allen Kirwan? How could this have been avoided?

9. How does the author treat the deaths in this book? Why does he treat them in this way?

10. How did Harry Walker and Crow's story affect life for the bears at Yellowstone? Is this good or bad?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several deadly plants are found in Yellowstone.

Part 1) What are these deadly plants? How significant are deadly plants in the Western Hemisphere, according to the author? Explain. Are the deadly plants found in Yellowstone of significance? Why or why not?

Part 2) Describe the deaths caused by these plants? Are these deaths due to ignorance and a lack of attention paid by the visitor or to the park? Why? Would the author agree with you? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this information about deadly plants support the author's purpose for the book? How do these deaths compare to other causes of deaths?

Essay Topic 2

There have been strong reactions to the deaths of those killed in Yellowstone.

Part 1) Describe a death at Yellowstone. What were the reactions to this death? Are you surprised by these reactions? Why or why not? Is this an appropriate way to handle this death? Why or why not?

Part 2) How have the deaths at Yellowstone affected the park itself? How have they also affected those who work at and visit the park? How has the park changed over time due to these deaths? Are these good changes? Why or why not? Would the author see these as good changes? Why or why not?

Part 3) How have deaths elsewhere in the U.S. affected the places in which those deaths occurred? In general, is enough done to protect others from such deaths? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Many of the earliest deaths in Yellowstone come from battles with Native Americans.

Part 1) Describe Yellowstone's early Native American history. What tribes lived in Yellowstone? How might they ended up in Yellowstone? Why might they have left? What battles took place in Yellowstone? Why did these battles take place?

Part 2) How are these battles important to the author and to the purpose of this book? How do these battles and subsequent deaths differ from most of the other deaths mentioned in this book?

Part 3) What is the author's opinion of death during war? Why might he feel this way? How do his feelings about death during battle compare to his feelings about other fatalities? Why?

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