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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question did the author ask Mrs. Brown before leaving the lodge?
(a) He asked if she could feed him something.
(b) He asked if she had started the fire.
(c) He asked how to get back to the main road.
(d) He asked if he could repay her for her kindness.

2. Who did the author first think the voice he heard in the fire belonged to?
(a) A farmer trapped in the fire.
(b) His partner.
(c) A member of the pickup crew.
(d) His imagination.

3. Who was the spotter on the C-47 that dropped Smokejumpers into Mann Gulch?
(a) Fred Stillings.
(b) Earl Cooley.
(c) John Thol.
(d) Wag Dodge.

4. How many men fought the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) 300.
(b) 900.
(c) 450.
(d) 750.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Fish Creek fire actually burn?

2. What was Frank Derry wearing on one infamous jump?

3. Where was the Fish Creek fire when the author finally stopped running?

4. Who was Mrs. Brown?

5. What happens when a fire up a hillside closes in on someone?

(see the answer key)

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