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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-25, Powerless in Eden: Deaths From Suicide, Missing and Presumed Dead, Deaths From Gas Stove Explosions and Structural Fires, Deaths From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Travel in Wonderland: Death on the Road and in the Air, Conclusion: Pay Attent.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author notes that even the very experienced, like his friend Randy Ingersoll, a fifteen year veteran ________________ in Yellowstone, was severely injured by a bear.
(a) Ranger.
(b) Veterinarian.
(c) Camper.
(d) Tour guide.

2. Whittlesey understands that humans want to do what regarding large animals?
(a) Touch them.
(b) Run away from them.
(c) Hug them.
(d) Kill them.

3. The Blackfeet to the _____________ and the Crows to the northeast.
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) South.

4. One death from _______________ occurred when, on August 15th, 1919, Louis Boatman was touring the park with his aunt and sister and decided to swim in the Yellowstone River.
(a) Boating.
(b) Skiing.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Diving.

5. Only _______________ hundred of the world's three hundred thousand species of plans have caused death or serious illness to those in the western hemisphere.
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. The horse and stagecoach era in Yellowstone lasted from 1872 to _____________.

2. What did Whittlesey think of the judge's request?

3. Phillip Bassett died on May 1st, 1884 from what?

4. Mrs. Joseph Lippman was killed in ___________ when their stagecoach struck a rock on the road and flipped over.

5. Why has Yellowstone never been extensively logged for timber?

(see the answer key)

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