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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many acres of land burned in the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) 4,500 acres.
(b) 2,500 acres.
(c) 5,000 acres.
(d) 7,500 acres.

2. For what did the fire fighters hope to use Fish Creek?
(a) A meeting place for firefighters.
(b) A starting point for wetting brush.
(c) A fire line to stop the fire.
(d) A landing strip for airplanes.

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

4. Where did the firefighters go as the fire spread toward them in Fish Creek?
(a) They backed up to the sidehill trail.
(b) They backed up to the fire station.
(c) They backed up to the water's edge.
(d) They backed up to the foot of the mountain.

5. Who was the head of the Helena National Forest Canyon Ferry District?
(a) Bill Harrison.
(b) Robert Jansson.
(c) Charles Merriweather.
(d) Wag Dodge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the author do when he reached the mountain ridge, having escaped the Fish Creek fire?

2. What quality of Dodge's led to his escape from death by the fire?

3. What would have happened had the author stepped across the fire immediately when it jumped the trail?

4. What is a Pulaski?

5. Where did the author begin running when the Fish Creek fire caught at the next fire line?

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