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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 feel while he was running away from the Fish Creek fire?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Fear.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Excitement.

2. Who did Maclean meet who finally makes the connection for him to Robert Sallee?
(a) A personnel director.
(b) A French-Canadian nurse.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A registrar.

3. How long did the author hear stories about the Mann Gulch fire before he felt he needed to see it himself?
(a) About two days.
(b) About five days.
(c) About a week.
(d) About ten days.

4. What did the Forest Service learn from the fires in 1910?
(a) Get firefighters on the ground as soon as possible.
(b) Firefighters should attack a fire by walking in front of it.
(c) Smokejumpers need to jump behind a fire.
(d) Smokejumpers are not the most efficient way to get men to a fire.

5. Where did the burned and disabled deer die?
(a) In the creek.
(b) On the road.
(c) On a burning log.
(d) At the base of the mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many feet does a Smokejumper fall before his parachute opens?

2. For what organization did the Smokejumpers work?

3. Who did the author believe started the forest fire at Fish Creek?

4. What did Maclean and the others decide was one key point on the hillside they needed to locate?

5. What effect did Dodge's escape fire have on the Mann Gulch fire, according to Maclean?

(see the answer key)

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