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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the author describe the sound of the fire getting very close?
(a) Like the sound of whistles.
(b) Like the sound of breaking glass.
(c) Like the sound of a waterfall.
(d) Like the sound of cracking bones.

2. How did the author answer the question that the voice in the fire had asked?
(a) "I am okay, really."
(b) "I am lost, too."
(c) "Help me please."
(d) "I keep slipping back."

3. What animal was Fish Creek known for having in abundance?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Cabins and lodges.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Deer.

4. What did the author feel while he was running away from the Fish Creek fire?
(a) Fear.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Confidence.

5. Where did the Fish Creek fire actually burn?
(a) Down the tributary.
(b) Across the back acres of the forest.
(c) Both up and down the tributary.
(d) Through the forest to the town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author stand to fight the Fish Creek fire?

2. What did the author hear a voice say to him as he ran to avoid being killed in the Fish Creek fire?

3. Where did the author begin running when the Fish Creek fire caught at the next fire line?

4. What did the fire look like when it jumped the trail at Fish Creek?

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

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