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

2. There is a challenge of balancing what?

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

4. Most of the river drownings are due to what?

5. 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.

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did the Native Americans in Yellowstone live?

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

3. Describe one of the shootings. What does this story reveal about those who were involved in this shooting and about guns?

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

5. Why did Britton kill Cunningham? Should he have done this? Why or why not?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many lessons can be learned from all of these stories.

Part 1) What are four lessons that can be learned from these stories? Use information from this book to support these lessons. How are these lessons important for those in the park? How could these lessons also be important for life outside of the park?

Part 2) How have those who control the park learned from the information found in this book? How has the park changed because of events in this book? As a whole, are these good changes? Why or why not?

Part 3) How can the U.S. as a whole learn from the lessons in this book? How has the U.S. already made changes because of incidences such as those found in this book? Are these good changes? Why or why not? Would the author agree with you? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Deaths have occurred due to falling.

Part 1) Describe these deaths. Why is falling such a threat at Yellowstone? What leads people to put themselves in situations in which they could suffer a potentially deadly fall?

Part 2) How have these falls and the consequences of the falls affected Yellowstone? How does the author feel about this? Why does he feel this way? How is this sentiment echoed throughout the book?

Part 3) How do these deaths compare to other deaths mentioned and discussed in this book? How are many of the deaths connected to one other? How does the author use them to support his message to the reader?

Essay Topic 3

There have been several horse-related fatalities.

Part 1) Describe the use of the horse in the park's history. Why were horses so important? How did this change over time? Why did this change over time? How did this evolution affect Yellowstone?

Part 2) Describe four horse-related fatalities. Why did they take place? Could they have been prevented? If so, how? If not, why not? Who was found to be at fault, the victim, the park, or others? Why? Does the author agree with this decision? Why or why not?

Part 3) Overall, was the use of horses in the park a serious danger? Why or why not? How does this compare to the use of the automobile?

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