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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the investigative committee that the chief forester assembled arrive in Mann Gulch?
(a) August 5.
(b) August 10.
(c) August 19.
(d) August 9.

2. Who were the three men who ran toward the ridge together to escape the fire?
(a) Rumsey, Sallee and Dodge.
(b) Rumsey, Hellman, and Harrison.
(c) Rumsey, Sallee, and Harrison.
(d) Rumsey, Sallee, and Diettert.

3. When on the ridge in Mann Gulch, what did Maclean witness Sallee and Rumsey argue about?
(a) Where Thol's marker should actually be.
(b) Where Hellman actually fell.
(c) Where Dodge had lit his fire.
(d) Where Diettert died.

4. Who did Rumsey and Sallee find ahead of them while they were running from the fire?
(a) Harrison.
(b) Dodge.
(c) Hellman.
(d) Jansson.

5. How old was the author when he joined the Forest Service?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Laird Robinson stop smokejumping?

2. How many Smokejumpers have died from fire since the Mann Gulch fire?

3. When did Wag Dodge die?

4. What did Harry Gisborne witness in 1929?

5. What did the fire look like when it jumped the trail at Fish Creek?

(see the answer key)

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