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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the U.S. Forest Service established?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1910.

2. Who was the chief forester in Washington D.C. at the time of the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) Lyle F. Watts.
(b) Leon F. Wogan.
(c) Wag Dodge.
(d) Simon G. Warren.

3. Who was the first man to crawl through the crevice at the reef during their escape from the fire?
(a) Rumsey.
(b) Hellman.
(c) Diettert.
(d) Sallee.

4. Why were Sylvia and Hellman not suffering from their burns?
(a) They were in a state of shock.
(b) Their nerve endings were destroyed.
(c) Their injuries were covered with novacaine.
(d) They were heavily sedated.

5. What well-known magazine had a lead article entitled "Smokejumpers Suffer Ordeal by Fire?"
(a) National Geographic.
(b) Time.
(c) Look.
(d) Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Board of Review?

2. How did the author describe the sound of the fire getting very close?

3. Where did Sallee and Rumsey run to get out of the fire's path?

4. When did the author first hear a voice in the fire during the Fish Creek fire?

5. How did the author answer the question that the voice in the fire had asked?

(see the answer key)

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