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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect did Dodge's escape fire have on the Mann Gulch fire, according to Maclean?
(a) The escape fire would have stopped the Mann Gulch fire.
(b) The escape fire made the Mann Gulch fire a blow up.
(c) The escape fire leaves the Mann Gulch fire a scientific impossibility.
(d) The escape fire leaves the Mann Gulch fire a mystery.

2. When Sallee and Rumsey reached Hellman's cross, what did they both say to Laird and Maclean?
(a) They did not want to see Mann Gulch.
(b) They wanted to rest before seeing Mann Gulch.
(c) Hellman's cross was not in the correct place.
(d) Someone had moved the markers of some of the men.

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

4. 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) Food, blankets, and water.
(d) A doctor, food, and assistance.

5. To what did Maclean compare the fire lower on the hillside as it met the escape fire set by Dodge?
(a) Deranged military monsters enraged by the obstacle in front of them.
(b) Deranged serpents searching for food.
(c) Deranged soldiers running blindly into the smoke and fire.
(d) Deranged mice running toward a mouse hole and hitting a wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Henry Thol, Sr.?

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

3. When was the only time Smokejumpers were allowed to be alone while fighting a fire?

4. Where did the fire starters assume the Fish Creek fire would travel?

5. Who did Maclean meet who finally makes the connection for him to Robert Sallee?

(see the answer key)

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