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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what novel is an escape fire used by an old trapper to save his party?
(a) The Sound and the Fury.
(b) The Prairie.
(c) American Fur Trade of the Far West.
(d) My Antonia.

3. What happened when the fire hit the water's edge?
(a) It sped up but went backwards.
(b) It slowed down and lost power.
(c) It jumped to the brush on the other side.
(d) It stalled, allowing the firefighters to extinguish it.

4. When was the first parachute jump made on a forest fire?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1944.

5. Where was the headquarters for Region One of the Forest Service?
(a) Butte.
(b) Missoula.
(c) Helena.
(d) Kalispell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the severely burned deer doing as the author watched?

2. What did the author do during the Mann Gulch fire when he remembered his experience at the Fish Creek fire?

3. What did the author feel while he was running away from the Fish Creek fire?

4. Where did the firefighters go as the fire spread toward them in Fish Creek?

5. How long is the Smokejumper's parachute fall from the plane to the ground?

(see the answer key)

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