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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the author describe the sound of the fire getting very close?
(a) Like the sound of cracking bones.
(b) Like the sound of breaking glass.
(c) Like the sound of whistles.
(d) Like the sound of a waterfall.

2. What question did the author ask Mrs. Brown before leaving the lodge?
(a) He asked if she could feed him something.
(b) He asked if he could repay her for her kindness.
(c) He asked if she had started the fire.
(d) He asked how to get back to the main road.

3. In the Fish Creek fire, where was the author standing when the fire jumped?
(a) At the exact place of the jump.
(b) Near the fire truck.
(c) Behind the fire chief near the water.
(d) On the other side of the lake.

4. For what organization did the Smokejumpers work?
(a) The Air Force.
(b) The Forest Service.
(c) The National Guard.
(d) The Army.

5. What did the author hear a voice say to him as he ran to avoid being killed in the Fish Creek fire?
(a) "I have to go with you."
(b) "Are you lost, too?"
(c) "How're you doing, sonny?"
(d) "Can you see your way out?"

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the burned and disabled deer die?

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

3. What did the author do during the Mann Gulch fire when he remembered his experience at the Fish Creek fire?

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

5. Where did the author begin running when the Fish Creek fire caught at the next fire line?

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