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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction, Chapters 1-2, Hold Fast to Your Children: Death in Hot Water, 'These Animals Are Not Real': The Myth That Can Kill You!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What soon happened when Kirwan got out of the water?
(a) He was given a medal of honor.
(b) He passed out.
(c) He died.
(d) His skin was quickly peeling off and he soon went blind.

2. Lester LaDuke, aged 4, died at _____________ Hot Springs on July 23rd, 1905.
(a) Old Yeller.
(b) Mammoth.
(c) Geyser.
(d) LaDuke.

3. New trails were carved for what purpose?
(a) To encourage visitors to go hiking.
(b) To bring visitors closer to the springs and geysers.
(c) To avoid springs and geysers.
(d) To give visitors something to do other than visit springs and geysers.

4. The author studied _______________________ cases in Yellowstone.
(a) Wrongful death and personal injury.
(b) Malarial.
(c) Automobile accident.
(d) Influenza outbreak.

5. As _____________ increased, so did the chance of injury.
(a) Stupidity.
(b) Competitive sports.
(c) Tourists.
(d) The number of children.

Short Answer Questions

1. In most Yellowstone cases, the author argues, the ______________ are simply incorrect that the injury or death suffered was a true accident.

2. Whittlesey then discusses the case of John Mark Williams, who is the only person to die in a hot springs when?

3. Death in Yellowstone covers ____________ hundred deaths and each one was a very emotional story for someone, so the author has tried to be delicate.

4. Andy's father, named James Hecht, wrote who to encourage him to take positive action and he and his wife organized to make the National Park Service commit to improved safety?

5. The worst accident happened June 28th, __________, when Andy C. Hect, 9, was walking with his family along Crested Pool near Old Faithful.

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