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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many feet does a Smokejumper fall before his parachute opens?
(a) Seventy-five.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Twenty.

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

3. Where did Maclean finally locate Walter Rumsey?
(a) In Boise, Idaho.
(b) In Seattle, Washington.
(c) In Lincoln, Nebraska.
(d) In Chicago, Illinois.

4. Where did the author stand to fight the Fish Creek fire?
(a) To the right side of it.
(b) Behind it.
(c) In front of it.
(d) To the left side of it.

5. Of what material are the Mann Gulch crosses made?
(a) Marble.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when the fire hit the water's edge?

2. Who did Jansson, Sallee, and Roos find alive on the other side of the ridge from the other survivors?

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

4. When did the Forest Service begin using planes to spot fires?

5. Why did Laird Robinson stop smokejumping?

(see the answer key)

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