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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Frank Derry wearing on one infamous jump?
(a) A Smokey the Bear costume.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A Cowardly Lion costume.
(d) A Santa Claus outfit.

2. Who was the head of the Helena National Forest Canyon Ferry District?
(a) Charles Merriweather.
(b) Bill Harrison.
(c) Robert Jansson.
(d) Wag Dodge.

3. What did the first Smokejumpers call the fires into which they jumped?
(a) Easy money.
(b) No big deal.
(c) Sneak peeks.
(d) Ten o'clock fires.

4. For what organization did the Smokejumpers work?
(a) The Army.
(b) The National Guard.
(c) The Forest Service.
(d) The Air Force.

5. Who was destroying the food supply for the abundant animal population in the area?
(a) The farmers.
(b) The locusts.
(c) The fox population.
(d) The sheep herders.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the severely burned deer doing as the author watched?

2. Where was the author when he saw smoke coming out of black holes in the snow?

3. What did the author feel while he was running away from the Fish Creek fire?

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

5. Where did the author go after climbing over the ridge away from the Fish Creek fire?

(see the answer key)

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