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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did the author begin running when the Fish Creek fire caught at the next fire line?
(a) Back to the fire house.
(b) Downhill.
(c) Toward the lake.
(d) Uphill.

4. For what did the fire fighters hope to use Fish Creek?
(a) A starting point for wetting brush.
(b) A landing strip for airplanes.
(c) A meeting place for firefighters.
(d) A fire line to stop the fire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the firefighters go as the fire spread toward them in Fish Creek?

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

3. What did the ghost do to the author while the two were on the mountainside?

4. When did the author first notice the Mann Gulch fire?

5. Where had the author's boots come from?

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