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

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 returned to the fire station.
(c) When he reached the top of the mountain.
(d) When he was halfway off the mountain.

3. 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 been caught between the lake and the mountain.
(c) It would have been blown by opposite winds.
(d) It would have reached beds of fallen needles and smoldered.

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

5. Who were the only permanent residents of the town near the author's cabin?
(a) Sheep herders.
(b) Loggers.
(c) Firefighters.
(d) Farmers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when the fire hit the water's edge?

2. Who was Mrs. Brown?

3. Where did the Fish Creek fire actually burn?

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

5. How long did the author hear stories about the Mann Gulch fire before he felt he needed to see it himself?

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