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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Dodge die five years after the fire?
(a) Parkinson's.
(b) Lung cancer.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Hodgkin's disease.

2. How many feet does a Smokejumper fall before his parachute opens?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Twenty.

3. How did the author describe the sound of the fire getting very close?
(a) Like the sound of cracking bones.
(b) Like the sound of breaking glass.
(c) Like the sound of a waterfall.
(d) Like the sound of whistles.

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

5. Where did the author stand to fight the Fish Creek fire?
(a) Behind it.
(b) To the left side of it.
(c) In front of it.
(d) To the right side of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the natural components of a blowup?

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

3. Who named the area around Mann Gulch the "Gates of the Mountains?"

4. What did Harry Gisborne witness in 1929?

5. How did Dodge survive the fire?

(see the answer key)

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