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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did the fire starters assume the Fish Creek fire would travel?
(a) To the edge of the lake.
(b) Into town.
(c) Up the tributary in a box canyon with cliffs.
(d) Into the deepest part of the forest.

3. Who was Elmer Bloom?
(a) The movie director.
(b) The Forest Service photographer.
(c) The movie producer.
(d) The announcer.

4. What did the author do during the Mann Gulch fire when he remembered his experience at the Fish Creek fire?
(a) Drove out to the fire to talk with the firefighters.
(b) Drove to pick up his brother-in-law to go see the fire.
(c) Drove home to Seely Lake.
(d) Drove back into town and bought goggles.

5. What was the severely burned deer doing as the author watched?
(a) Drinking water.
(b) Looking at the fire.
(c) Eating leaves.
(d) Running back and forth across a road.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the burned and disabled deer die?

2. What is a "fire whirl?"

3. Where was the headquarters for Region One of the Forest Service?

4. When did Wag Dodge die?

5. What did Maclean and the others decide was one key point on the hillside they needed to locate?

(see the answer key)

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