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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) The army surplus store.
(b) Farm and Fleet.
(c) The general store in town.
(d) Sears and Roebucks.

2. When Sallee and Rumsey reached Hellman's cross, what did they both say to Laird and Maclean?
(a) Someone had moved the markers of some of the men.
(b) They did not want to see Mann Gulch.
(c) Hellman's cross was not in the correct place.
(d) They wanted to rest before seeing Mann Gulch.

3. What did the ghost do to the author while the two were on the mountainside?
(a) Slapped him in the face.
(b) Tripped him.
(c) Punched him in the stomach.
(d) Pushed him down the mountainside.

4. What was the first thing the author noticed about the ghost standing next to him?
(a) He wore a good pair of goggles.
(b) He wore a yellow jacket.
(c) He wore a good pair of climbing boots.
(d) He wore thick yellow gloves.

5. In what novel is an escape fire used by an old trapper to save his party?
(a) The Prairie.
(b) The Sound and the Fury.
(c) American Fur Trade of the Far West.
(d) My Antonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told the author about the Mann Gulch fire when he came to town?

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

3. When did the author first notice the Mann Gulch fire?

4. Why did Laird Robinson stop smokejumping?

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

(see the answer key)

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