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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the investigative committee that the chief forester assembled arrive in Mann Gulch?
(a) August 5.
(b) August 10.
(c) August 19.
(d) August 9.

2. What did the author feel while he was running away from the Fish Creek fire?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Fear.

3. Where did Maclean place the ashes of his wife Jessie when she died?
(a) On the western bank of the Missouri.
(b) At Seely Lake.
(c) On Mount Helena.
(d) On Mount Jessie.

4. Where did Bob Moore and Maclean discover they had both worked in their youths?
(a) Lochsa where Lewis and Clark nearly starved to death.
(b) Lochsa where the Missouri River enters the Gates of the Mountain.
(c) Lochsa where the Fish Creek fire took place.
(d) Lochsa where Moore was born.

5. Who was Mrs. Brown?
(a) The owner of the lodge.
(b) The wife of the owner of the lodge.
(c) The telephone operator.
(d) The postmistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Dodge return to Missoula?

2. When did the author work for the Forest Service?

3. What was one of many reasons Maclean thought Henry Thol, Sr. should be proud of his son?

4. Who was Hal Samsel?

5. What important piece of equipment was broken in the parachute landing at Mann Gulch?

(see the answer key)

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