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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Maclean's wife die from?
(a) Lung cancer.
(b) Brain cancer.
(c) Stomach cancer.
(d) Esophagal cancer.

2. Where did Maclean first go in the hopes of finding Robert Sallee?
(a) A sawmill in Portland.
(b) A paper mill near Missoula.
(c) The personnel office of the Bank of America.
(d) The University of Montana-Butte.

3. Who was C.A. Gustafson?
(a) The father of one of the dead Smokejumpers.
(b) The Speaker of the House.
(c) The pilot of the plane that dropped the Smokejumpers.
(d) The Forest Service's Chief of Fire Control.

4. What time was recorded on the watch found near the bodies?
(a) Twenty minutes to ten.
(b) Nine thirty.
(c) Three forty-five.
(d) Four minutes to six.

5. What was the Board of Review?
(a) The board appointed by the Forest Service to review the fire.
(b) The board appointed by the governor to investigate Thol.
(c) The board appointed by Jansson to learn the truth about the fire.
(d) The board appointed by the president to study smokejumping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of boots was the author wearing while running in the Fish Creek fire?

2. When did Maclean begin his research on the Mann Gulch fire?

3. What did the Fish Creek fire sound like as the author looked for an escape?

4. How many Smokejumpers were in the plane ready to parachute into Mann Gulch?

5. What did Laird and Maclean realize early in their investigation of the Mann Gulch fire?

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