View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you want to enjoy the wholeness of nature, you must do what?
(a) Where protective gear.
(b) Watch nature on television and in movies.
(c) Visit zoos and private parks.
(d) Accept the dangers and prepare for them yourself.

2. Whittlesey argues that Yellowstone must not be what?
(a) Sanitized.
(b) Viewed by the general public.
(c) Left wild.
(d) Allowed to continue.

3. LeRoy R. Piper disappeared on July 30th, _________.
(a) 1910.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1880.

4. How does Whittlesey think Piper died?
(a) From falling into a hot spring and disintegrating.
(b) From a plant poison.
(c) From falling into the canyon.
(d) From being eaten by a bear.

5. It is _____________ that forest fires take lives in Yellowstone.
(a) Constant.
(b) Rare.
(c) Frequent.
(d) Not uncommon.

6. A self-defense shooting happened in 1886 when stockmen Alex Ferguson and Charles Carpenter had just had a fight about what?
(a) Carpenter's cattle being on Ferguson's land.
(b) Ferguson's cattle being on Carpenter's land.
(c) Ferguson stealing cattle from Carpenter.
(d) Carpenter stealing cattle from Ferguson.

7. _____________ people have died from accidental and self-defense shooting.
(a) Seven.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Four.
(d) Eighteen.

8. The era of drowning began in the __________________, when many private boats and boat rentals occurred there.
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1950s.

9. In 1937, a horrible fire killed fifteen __________________ and injured thirty-nine others.
(a) Firefighters.
(b) Loggers.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Boy Scouts.

10. Charles Kenck and Richard Dietrch were killed by the ________________ in 1877 though this was due to an invasion into their territory.
(a) Nez Perce.
(b) Shoshones.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Wyandots.

11. 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) Diving.
(b) Skiing.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Boating.

12. National parks are valuable but what?
(a) They are expensive.
(b) The wild can be tamed.
(c) The wild creates danger.
(d) They are beautiful.

13. How deep is this dangerous lake in some places?
(a) 45 feet deep.
(b) 750 feet deep.
(c) 350 feet deep.
(d) 450 feet deep.

14. _______________ death from a fight is known about.
(a) Only one.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

15. Between where was the first aircraft traveling when it crashed in Yellowstone?
(a) California and Nevada.
(b) California and New York.
(c) California and Oregon.
(d) California and Montana.

Short Answer Questions

1. A ___________ fire killed Civilian Conservation Corps worker James Hester who lost his life fighting the fire.

2. What else is important regarding the boat?

3. One of the more interesting stories occurred when an Army soldier was shot by whom?

4. Horse and stage coach accidents were fairly common, about _________ times more common than auto accidents today.

5. Mrs. Louis Helbut died in _______________ from fainting.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 425 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample