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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 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.

2. When did the author first hear a voice in the fire during the Fish Creek fire?
(a) When he got to the lake.
(b) When he was halfway off the mountain.
(c) When he returned to the fire station.
(d) When he reached the top of the mountain.

3. Where was the author when he saw smoke coming out of black holes in the snow?
(a) While ice fishing on the lake.
(b) While returning home from the Fish Creek fire.
(c) While hunting in Fish Creek.
(d) While staying in Lolo Hot Springs.

4. What did the author say he saw while fighting the Fish Creek fire?
(a) Lightening strike a tree.
(b) Farmers moving their cows.
(c) A house on fire.
(d) A ghost.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author describe the sound of the fire getting very close?

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

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

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

5. Who was Mrs. Brown?

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