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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the fire look like when it jumped the trail at Fish Creek?
(a) A stove fire.
(b) A small Indian campfire.
(c) A wall of fire.
(d) A two alarm blaze.

3. Who did the author believe started the forest fire at Fish Creek?
(a) The fire deparment.
(b) The sheep herders.
(c) Local hoodlums.
(d) The homesteaders.

4. Where did the firefighters go as the fire spread toward them in Fish Creek?
(a) They backed up to the sidehill trail.
(b) They backed up to the water's edge.
(c) They backed up to the foot of the mountain.
(d) They backed up to the fire station.

5. What was the severely burned deer doing as the author watched?
(a) Drinking water.
(b) Eating leaves.
(c) Looking at the fire.
(d) Running back and forth across a road.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What color was the face of the ghost walking next to the author on the mountain?

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