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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. _________________ people have drowned in Yellowstone Lake and eleven (maybe seventeen) are of unrecovered bodies.

2. The largest aircraft death was the first, when ___________________ crashed.

3. More people in Yellowstone have died from _________________ than any other single cause of death save those not included in the book.

4. When is the only time Whittlesey will consider sailing on the Lake?

5. What else is important regarding the boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Why was Weber pardoned for killing Zutavern? Should he have been pardoned? Why or why not?

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

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

6. Where did the Native Americans in Yellowstone live?

7. How do most drownings occur?

8. How does the author end the book? Why does he end it in this way?

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

10. What are other ways that people have drowned?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Death caused by bears is rare.

Part 1) Describe what usually takes place when bears and humans come into contact in Yellowstone National Park. Are you surprised by the behavior of many visitors around bears? Why or why not?

Part 2) Why might so few deaths occur from bear attacks? Are you surprised by this? Why or why not? How does this affect your view of bears? When a bear attacks, who is at fault? Why?

Part 3) Describe the story the author tells of someone who was killed by a bear at Yellowstone. Are you surprised by this bear's reaction? Why or why not? What might this reaction say about the bear? What should have been done about this bear? Why? What was done after this incident? Was this sufficient? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Deaths have taken place due to automobile and plane crashes.

Part 1) Describe the advent of the automobile in Yellowstone. How does this reflect changes throughout the U.S.? How did the automobile change Yellowstone? How does the author feel about this? Why does he feel this way?

Part 2) How dangerous is the automobile? How does this compare to horse-related fatalities? Are you surprised about which is more dangerous? Why or why not? How does the number of automobile fatalities compare to the number of plane crash fatalities?

Part 3) Who is often at fault in automobile accident fatalities? Who is at fault in plane crash fatalities? What can be done to prevent both of these types of accidents? How does this impact Yellowstone? How do these preventative measures compare to those used throughout the U.S.? Are these measures adequate? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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