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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Forest Service learn from the fires in 1910?
(a) Smokejumpers are not the most efficient way to get men to a fire.
(b) Smokejumpers need to jump behind a fire.
(c) Firefighters should attack a fire by walking in front of it.
(d) Get firefighters on the ground as soon as possible.

2. Who was the first man to begin tagging the bodies laying along the hill at Mann Gulch?
(a) Jansson.
(b) Roos.
(c) Dodge.
(d) Miller.

3. What question does a Smokejumper foreman ask while fighting a fire?
(a) "Is every man accounted for?"
(b) "Where is a good escape route?"
(c) "Where are the tools?"
(d) "Where is the biggest fire?"

4. Who named the area around Mann Gulch the "Gates of the Mountains?"
(a) Smith and Gulch.
(b) Clark and Simon.
(c) Lewis and Clark.
(d) Merriweather and Smith.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was destroying the food supply for the abundant animal population in the area?

3. Who was Elmer Bloom?

4. Where was the author's cabin located?

5. Where did the fire starters assume the Fish Creek fire would travel?

(see the answer key)

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