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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 temperature in Helena when the Smokejumpers landed in Mann Gulch?
(a) 97 degrees, the hottest day on record.
(b) 86 degrees, perfect jumping weather.
(c) 77 degrees, the coolest day on record.
(d) 101 degrees, dangerous for firefighters.

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

3. Who invented the "escape fire?"
(a) Robert Harrison.
(b) Robert Jansson.
(c) Henry Thol.
(d) Wag Dodge.

4. What is a crown fire?
(a) A fire that arcs across a gulch.
(b) A fire that snakes along water.
(c) A fire that spreads through the branches of trees.
(d) A fire that surpasses a Class 5.

5. Where did the fire starters assume the Fish Creek fire would travel?
(a) To the edge of the lake.
(b) Up the tributary in a box canyon with cliffs.
(c) Into the deepest part of the forest.
(d) Into town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the author when he was startled to see a terribly burned deer?

2. Who were the three men who ran toward the ridge together to escape the fire?

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

4. Who did Jansson, Sallee, and Roos find alive on the other side of the ridge from the other survivors?

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

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