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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would have happened had the author stepped across the fire immediately when it jumped the trail?
(a) It would have reached the water and extinguished itself.
(b) It would have been caught between the lake and the mountain.
(c) It would have been blown by opposite winds.
(d) It would have reached beds of fallen needles and smoldered.

2. Who was Mrs. Brown?
(a) The telephone operator.
(b) The postmistress.
(c) The owner of the lodge.
(d) The wife of the owner of the lodge.

3. Where did Bob Moore and Maclean discover they had both worked in their youths?
(a) Lochsa where the Fish Creek fire took place.
(b) Lochsa where the Missouri River enters the Gates of the Mountain.
(c) Lochsa where Moore was born.
(d) Lochsa where Lewis and Clark nearly starved to death.

4. Where did the Fish Creek fire actually burn?
(a) Both up and down the tributary.
(b) Across the back acres of the forest.
(c) Through the forest to the town.
(d) Down the tributary.

5. What happened to the Smokejumpers once they left Dodge and his escape fire?
(a) They were certain they would wake from the horrible dream.
(b) They were without knowledge as to what was happening.
(c) They were unaware they were going to die in the fire.
(d) They were without structure and command and free to be afraid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Harry Gisborne witness in 1929?

2. What color was the face of the ghost walking next to the author on the mountain?

3. What was the Board of Review?

4. Who is one of the best bibliographical references about the Mann Gulch fire available to Laird and Maclean?

5. When did the author work for the Forest Service?

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