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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 author first hear a voice in the fire during the Fish Creek fire?
(a) When he returned to the fire station.
(b) When he reached the top of the mountain.
(c) When he was halfway off the mountain.
(d) When he got to the lake.

2. 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) Firefighters should attack a fire by walking in front of it.
(c) Get firefighters on the ground as soon as possible.
(d) Smokejumpers need to jump behind a fire.

3. How many acres of land burned in the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) 2,500 acres.
(b) 5,000 acres.
(c) 4,500 acres.
(d) 7,500 acres.

4. What is a Pulaski?
(a) Half-ax and half-hoe.
(b) Half-hoe and half-shovel.
(c) Half-shovel and half-ax.
(d) Half-ax and half-spade.

5. What important accomplishment did Louis-Sebastien Lenormand achieve in 1783?
(a) He designed the first balloon parachute.
(b) He successfully parachuted off a tower.
(c) He invented the modern parachute.
(d) He created a parachute made of cotton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Maclean place the ashes of his wife Jessie when she died?

2. What did Maclean and the others decide was one key point on the hillside they needed to locate?

3. How many Smokejumpers died fighting the Mann Gulch fire?

4. Who was the head of the Helena National Forest Canyon Ferry District?

5. When did the investigative committee that the chief forester assembled arrive in Mann Gulch?

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