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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Fish Creek fire actually burn?
(a) Down the tributary.
(b) Through the forest to the town.
(c) Both up and down the tributary.
(d) Across the back acres of the forest.

2. How many acres of land burned in the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) 7,500 acres.
(b) 4,500 acres.
(c) 2,500 acres.
(d) 5,000 acres.

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

4. How did W.R. Moore assist Maclean in his research about Mann Gulch?
(a) He ordered that all documentation on the fire be put on the internet.
(b) He ordered that all Forest Service documents on the fire be available to Maclean.
(c) He ordered that all documentation on the fire be sent to the library in Missoula.
(d) He ordered that all documents on the fire be sent to Washington, D.C.

5. What is a "fire whirl?"
(a) A fire in a wind pattern that puts itself out.
(b) A tornado-like fire that starts other fires by its motion.
(c) A small, easily extinguished fire.
(d) A space in a fire where there is room to breathe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first man to begin tagging the bodies laying along the hill at Mann Gulch?

2. Who did Rumsey and Sallee find ahead of them while they were running from the fire?

3. Who did Maclean watch play billiards nearly every day when he was a young teacher?

4. What quality of Dodge's led to his escape from death by the fire?

5. What is a Pulaski?

(see the answer key)

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