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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the author when he saw smoke coming out of black holes in the snow?
(a) While staying in Lolo Hot Springs.
(b) While returning home from the Fish Creek fire.
(c) While hunting in Fish Creek.
(d) While ice fishing on the lake.

2. Why did Laird Robinson stop smokejumping?
(a) He injured himself landing on a fire.
(b) He injured himself while hiking.
(c) He injured himself while working in Missoula.
(d) He injured himself in a car accident.

3. What did the Smokejumpers of Mann Gulch wear to protect their heads on the jump?
(a) Wrestling helmets.
(b) Pillow helmets.
(c) Football helmets.
(d) Army helmets.

4. Who did Rumsey and Sallee find ahead of them while they were running from the fire?
(a) Jansson.
(b) Dodge.
(c) Harrison.
(d) Hellman.

5. What did Laird and Maclean realize early in their investigation of the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) They needed Rumsey and Sallee with them at the site of the fire.
(b) They needed to find all of the firefighters who rescued the survivors.
(c) They needed assistance from the Forest Service at the site of the fire.
(d) They needed the Thol family at the site of the fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when a fire up a hillside closes in on someone?

2. What was the Board of Review?

3. What did the author hear a voice say to him as he ran to avoid being killed in the Fish Creek fire?

4. For what did the fire fighters hope to use Fish Creek?

5. Where did the burned and disabled deer die?

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