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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author feel while he was running away from the Fish Creek fire?
(a) Fear.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Excitement.

2. Why were Sylvia and Hellman not suffering from their burns?
(a) They were heavily sedated.
(b) Their nerve endings were destroyed.
(c) Their injuries were covered with novacaine.
(d) They were in a state of shock.

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

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

5. Who did Jansson, Sallee, and Roos find alive on the other side of the ridge from the other survivors?
(a) Daily.
(b) Thol.
(c) Sylvia.
(d) Hellman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when a fire up a hillside closes in on someone?

2. What did the Smokejumpers of Mann Gulch wear to protect their heads on the jump?

3. How did Dodge die five years after the fire?

4. What did Gisborne want to do on Mann Gulch?

5. How did Dodge survive the fire?

(see the answer key)

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