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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where had the author's boots come from?
(a) Farm and Fleet.
(b) Sears and Roebucks.
(c) The general store in town.
(d) The army surplus store.

2. How did Dodge survive the fire?
(a) By running through the fire to a cool spot.
(b) By laying face-down in the ashes of his escape fire.
(c) By laying face down in the smoldering grass.
(d) By running into an opening in the reef.

3. Who did the author first think the voice he heard in the fire belonged to?
(a) His imagination.
(b) A member of the pickup crew.
(c) A farmer trapped in the fire.
(d) His partner.

4. How many Smokejumpers have died from fire since the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) Five.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Maclean begin his research on the Mann Gulch fire?

2. Who were the three men who ran toward the ridge together to escape the fire?

3. What well-known magazine had a lead article entitled "Smokejumpers Suffer Ordeal by Fire?"

4. Where did the author go after climbing over the ridge away from the Fish Creek fire?

5. What happened to Jansson after the Mann Gulch fire?

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