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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 Fish Creek fire sound like as the author looked for an escape?
(a) A freight train.
(b) A whooshing sound.
(c) A waterfall.
(d) A tornado.

2. Who did the author first think the voice he heard in the fire belonged to?
(a) A member of the pickup crew.
(b) His partner.
(c) A farmer trapped in the fire.
(d) His imagination.

3. Where did the fire starters assume the Fish Creek fire would travel?
(a) Into town.
(b) Into the deepest part of the forest.
(c) To the edge of the lake.
(d) Up the tributary in a box canyon with cliffs.

4. What did Mrs. Brown say to the author when she opened the door?
(a) "Come in and have some hot coffee. You must be cold."
(b) "Come in and sit by the fire and tell me how your father is."
(c) "Come in and lie down. You look very white."
(d) "Come in and tell me what is happening out there."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Smokejumpers died fighting the Mann Gulch fire?

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

3. What did the author do when he reached the mountain ridge, having escaped the Fish Creek fire?

4. How old was the author when he joined the Forest Service?

5. When did the author first hear a voice in the fire during the Fish Creek fire?

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