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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Elmer Bloom?
(a) The movie director.
(b) The announcer.
(c) The movie producer.
(d) The Forest Service photographer.

3. Who told the author about the Mann Gulch fire when he came to town?
(a) The shop keeper.
(b) The postmistress.
(c) The fire marshall.
(d) A neighbor.

4. What was the temperature in Helena when the Smokejumpers landed in Mann Gulch?
(a) 77 degrees, the coolest day on record.
(b) 97 degrees, the hottest day on record.
(c) 86 degrees, perfect jumping weather.
(d) 101 degrees, dangerous for firefighters.

5. When did the Forest Service begin using planes to spot fires?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1925.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time did Dodge's watch say when he rose from the ashes of his own fire?

2. How did W.R. Moore assist Maclean in his research about Mann Gulch?

3. What common portrayal of death did Maclean believe did not occur for the Smokejumpers?

4. How many acres of land burned in the Mann Gulch fire?

5. How did Rumsey verify that the tin can of potatoes the men found near Hellman's marker was the same one left there after the fire?

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