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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did the Forest Service learn from the fires in 1910?
(a) Smokejumpers are not the most efficient way to get men to a fire.
(b) Firefighters should attack a fire by walking in front of it.
(c) Smokejumpers need to jump behind a fire.
(d) Get firefighters on the ground as soon as possible.

4. Where had the author's boots come from?
(a) Farm and Fleet.
(b) The general store in town.
(c) The army surplus store.
(d) Sears and Roebucks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Pulaski?

2. Who invented the "escape fire?"

3. What did Rumsey fall into that caused him to stop running when he jumped from the crevice?

4. What is a "fire whirl?"

5. How many men fought the Mann Gulch fire?

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