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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the author's cabin located?
(a) In Smiley Lake, Montanta.
(b) In Missoula, Montana.
(c) In Mann Gulch, Montana.
(d) In Seeley Lake, Montana.

2. What did Jansson send up to the survivors of the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) A doctor, litter, blankets, and blood plasma.
(b) A doctor, food, and assistance.
(c) Food, blankets, and water.
(d) A doctor and more firefighters.

3. What did the author say he saw while fighting the Fish Creek fire?
(a) A ghost.
(b) A house on fire.
(c) Lightening strike a tree.
(d) Farmers moving their cows.

4. Who was destroying the food supply for the abundant animal population in the area?
(a) The fox population.
(b) The farmers.
(c) The sheep herders.
(d) The locusts.

5. What did the Fish Creek fire sound like as the author looked for an escape?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A whooshing sound.
(d) A freight train.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Mrs. Brown?

2. Where did Sallee and Rumsey run to get out of the fire's path?

3. Where had the author's boots come from?

4. Where was the author when he saw smoke coming out of black holes in the snow?

5. Where was the Fish Creek fire when the author finally stopped running?

(see the answer key)

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