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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question did the author ask Mrs. Brown before leaving the lodge?
(a) He asked if he could repay her for her kindness.
(b) He asked how to get back to the main road.
(c) He asked if she could feed him something.
(d) He asked if she had started the fire.

2. Where was the author's cabin located?
(a) In Missoula, Montana.
(b) In Seeley Lake, Montana.
(c) In Smiley Lake, Montanta.
(d) In Mann Gulch, Montana.

3. What did the author hear a voice say to him as he ran to avoid being killed in the Fish Creek fire?
(a) "I have to go with you."
(b) "How're you doing, sonny?"
(c) "Can you see your way out?"
(d) "Are you lost, too?"

4. How many Smokejumpers died fighting the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Sixteen.

5. When did the author work for the Forest Service?
(a) During the Korean War.
(b) During World War I.
(c) During college.
(d) During World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Fish Creek fire, where was the author standing when the fire jumped?

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

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

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

5. For what did the fire fighters hope to use Fish Creek?

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