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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one reasonable cause of the Mann Gulch fire advanced by scientists?
(a) A second lightning strike.
(b) Fire whirls.
(c) A thunderhead which sat on the fire.
(d) Crown fire.

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

3. What did the author do during the Mann Gulch fire when he remembered his experience at the Fish Creek fire?
(a) Drove out to the fire to talk with the firefighters.
(b) Drove home to Seely Lake.
(c) Drove to pick up his brother-in-law to go see the fire.
(d) Drove back into town and bought goggles.

4. How did Dodge die five years after the fire?
(a) Lung cancer.
(b) Parkinson's.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Hodgkin's disease.

5. How did the author describe the sound of the fire getting very close?
(a) Like the sound of cracking bones.
(b) Like the sound of breaking glass.
(c) Like the sound of a waterfall.
(d) Like the sound of whistles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Maclean meet who finally makes the connection for him to Robert Sallee?

2. What was the first thing the author noticed about the ghost standing next to him?

3. How did Dodge survive the fire?

4. Of what material are the Mann Gulch crosses made?

5. How long is the Smokejumper's parachute fall from the plane to the ground?

(see the answer key)

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