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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the fire look like when it jumped the trail at Fish Creek?
(a) A small Indian campfire.
(b) A wall of fire.
(c) A stove fire.
(d) A two alarm blaze.

3. What did Jansson send up to the survivors of the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) A doctor and more firefighters.
(b) A doctor, litter, blankets, and blood plasma.
(c) A doctor, food, and assistance.
(d) Food, blankets, and water.

4. What year is generally seen as the beginning of modern scientific study of fire behavior?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1946.

5. Who were the three men who ran toward the ridge together to escape the fire?
(a) Rumsey, Hellman, and Harrison.
(b) Rumsey, Sallee and Dodge.
(c) Rumsey, Sallee, and Harrison.
(d) Rumsey, Sallee, and Diettert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Jansson after the Mann Gulch fire?

2. Who was Henry Thol, Sr.?

3. What question does a Smokejumper foreman ask while fighting a fire?

4. Where did the firefighters go as the fire spread toward them in Fish Creek?

5. What did the author say he saw while fighting the Fish Creek fire?

(see the answer key)

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