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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 author do when he reached the mountain ridge, having escaped the Fish Creek fire?
(a) Put out the fire on his shoelaces.
(b) Sat down to rest.
(c) Took in huge gulps of air.
(d) Cried.

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

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

4. Where did Bob Moore and Maclean discover they had both worked in their youths?
(a) Lochsa where Moore was born.
(b) Lochsa where the Fish Creek fire took place.
(c) Lochsa where Lewis and Clark nearly starved to death.
(d) Lochsa where the Missouri River enters the Gates of the Mountain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the author hear stories about the Mann Gulch fire before he felt he needed to see it himself?

2. When on the ridge in Mann Gulch, what did Maclean witness Sallee and Rumsey argue about?

3. What date did Maclean, Robinson, Sallee, and Rumsey agree to meet and visit Mann Gulch?

4. How did the additional firefighters needed in Mann Gulch get there?

5. Where was the headquarters for Region One of the Forest Service?

(see the answer key)

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