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

2. Whittlesey then discusses the case of John Mark Williams, who is the only person to die in a hot springs when?
(a) In the fall.
(b) In the spring.
(c) In the summer.
(d) In the winter.

3. James filed a wrongful death lawsuit and received _______________.
(a) $2,000.
(b) $20,000.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $200,000.

4. On July 20th, _________, David Allen Kirwan, 24, and his friend, Ronald Ratliff, 25, parked at Yellowstone's Fountain Paint Pot.
(a) 1819.
(b) 1891.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1981.

5. Kirwan yelled, '______________' in response.
(a) I will.
(b) I don't have time.
(c) Like hell I won't.
(d) You hurry up.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. By 1993, ___________ deaths had occurred because of a bison attack, but the potential for injuries is great.

4. In ____________, Walter Watson died by falling in a deep geyser tube.

5. The injuries began early, at least in _________ when Macon Josey and photographer H.B. Calfee entered the area.

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