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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) Back to the fire house.
(b) Uphill.
(c) Downhill.
(d) Toward the lake.

2. Where was the Fish Creek fire when the author finally stopped running?
(a) Both in front of and behind him.
(b) Directly behind him.
(c) East of him.
(d) West of him.

3. What did the author hear a voice say to him as he ran to avoid being killed in the Fish Creek fire?
(a) "Can you see your way out?"
(b) "I have to go with you."
(c) "How're you doing, sonny?"
(d) "Are you lost, too?"

4. What would have happened had the author stepped across the fire immediately when it jumped the trail?
(a) It would have reached the water and extinguished itself.
(b) It would have reached beds of fallen needles and smoldered.
(c) It would have been caught between the lake and the mountain.
(d) It would have been blown by opposite winds.

5. Where did the author stand to fight the Fish Creek fire?
(a) To the left side of it.
(b) In front of it.
(c) To the right side of it.
(d) Behind it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the author when he saw smoke coming out of black holes in the snow?

2. Where did the Fish Creek fire actually burn?

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

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

5. Where did the fire starters light the forest fire in Fish Creek?

(see the answer key)

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