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

2. When did the investigative committee that the chief forester assembled arrive in Mann Gulch?
(a) August 9.
(b) August 19.
(c) August 10.
(d) August 5.

3. Who told the author about the Mann Gulch fire when he came to town?
(a) The shop keeper.
(b) The postmistress.
(c) The fire marshall.
(d) A neighbor.

4. What is a crown fire?
(a) A fire that spreads through the branches of trees.
(b) A fire that arcs across a gulch.
(c) A fire that snakes along water.
(d) A fire that surpasses a Class 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is generally seen as the beginning of modern scientific study of fire behavior?

2. How did the additional firefighters needed in Mann Gulch get there?

3. What did Harry Gisborne witness in 1929?

4. Why did Laird Robinson stop smokejumping?

5. Why were Sylvia and Hellman not suffering from their burns?

(see the answer key)

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