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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Human Deaths from Bears and How to Keep Them From Happening.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author, Lee H. Whittlesey, was a Yellowstone Park Ranger and later a ______ student.
(a) Art.
(b) Law.
(c) Doctoral.
(d) Med.

2. What did the judge want to be done with all bears?
(a) They are to be kept in pens.
(b) They are to be tracked for safety.
(c) They are to be euthanized.
(d) They are to be sent away.

3. How did the bear react to Walker's actions?
(a) It swatted at him.
(b) It ran the opposite direction.
(c) It growled at him.
(d) It charged him.

4. How does the author suggest that people get more in touch with nature?
(a) By studying bears.
(b) By learning about it.
(c) By living in the wilderness.
(d) By watching nature videos.

5. Two women died in __________________ in 1901 though the park ranger failed to reported it.
(a) The Foothills.
(b) The Palm Springs.
(c) The Finger Lakes.
(d) The Thumb Paintpots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bears have injured people throughout Yellowstone's history. Are deaths common?

2. Two hard-and-fast rules in Yellowstone are what?

3. Lester LaDuke, aged 4, died at _____________ Hot Springs on July 23rd, 1905.

4. While they view the springs, Ratliff's dog 'Mossie', a large Mastiff, escaped from the car and jumped into Celestine Pool, which routinely measures _______ degrees Fahrenheit.

5. On July 20th, _________, David Allen Kirwan, 24, and his friend, Ronald Ratliff, 25, parked at Yellowstone's Fountain Paint Pot.

(see the answer key)

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