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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. The first suicide was committed by _______________, 27, who died January 27th, 1884 from overdosing on morphine.

2. Most suicides have been by whom?

3. _______________ death from a fight is known about.

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

5. Is Yellowstone National Park a visitor's friend?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How many people have died from carbon monoxide poisoning? How is this relevant to today?

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

8. What are other ways that people have drowned?

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

10. Where did the Native Americans in Yellowstone live?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both accidental shootings and murders have taken place.

Part 1) Describe four of these accidental shootings or other murders. Why does each one take place? Could they have been prevented? If so, how? If not, why not?

Part 2) How has the park changed because of these shootings and murders? What does the author think of these changes to the park? How does the reflect his overall feelings regarding deaths at Yellowstone?

Part 3) Are accidental shootings and murders significant dangers throughout the rest of the U.S.? Why or why not? What has been done to protect Americans from such dangers? Are these measures adequate? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Yellowstone National Park is a beautiful place yet it is full of fatal dangers.

Part 1) Describe Yellowstone National Park. How is it beautiful, yet dangerous? Why is this important to the author that the reader understand? How is the author's background and interests tied to the writing of this book?

Part 2) What is the purpose of this book? Does the author fulfill this purpose? If so, how? If not, why not? Can you relate to the purpose of this book? Why or why not?

Part 3) How might other places around the world be both beautiful and dangerous? Might the information in this book pertain to those places as well? Why or why not? What can be learned about the U.S. view of dangerous and beautiful places such as Yellowstone through this book? How might this compare to other views around the world?

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