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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the first Smokejumpers call the fires into which they jumped?
(a) Ten o'clock fires.
(b) Sneak peeks.
(c) No big deal.
(d) Easy money.

3. What question did the author ask Mrs. Brown before leaving the lodge?
(a) He asked if she had started the fire.
(b) He asked how to get back to the main road.
(c) He asked if he could repay her for her kindness.
(d) He asked if she could feed him something.

4. What did the author do during the Mann Gulch fire when he remembered his experience at the Fish Creek fire?
(a) Drove back into town and bought goggles.
(b) Drove to pick up his brother-in-law to go see the fire.
(c) Drove out to the fire to talk with the firefighters.
(d) Drove home to Seely Lake.

5. How many Smokejumpers were in the plane ready to parachute into Mann Gulch?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jansson identify Harrison's body?

2. For what did the fire fighters hope to use Fish Creek?

3. What is a crown fire?

4. What was the temperature in Helena when the Smokejumpers landed in Mann Gulch?

5. Who told the author about the Mann Gulch fire when he came to town?

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