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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the three men who ran toward the ridge together to escape the fire?
(a) Rumsey, Sallee, and Harrison.
(b) Rumsey, Sallee and Dodge.
(c) Rumsey, Sallee, and Diettert.
(d) Rumsey, Hellman, and Harrison.

2. Who invented the "escape fire?"
(a) Robert Harrison.
(b) Henry Thol.
(c) Wag Dodge.
(d) Robert Jansson.

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

4. 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.

5. Where did Maclean and his brother-in-law first go to view Mann Gulch?
(a) Over the ridge climbed by Sallee and Rumsey.
(b) Down the Missouri River.
(c) Through the mountain range.
(d) Up through the Gates of the Mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Maclean first go in the hopes of finding Robert Sallee?

2. Who did Maclean meet who finally makes the connection for him to Robert Sallee?

3. Who was Elmer Bloom?

4. Where was the author when he saw smoke coming out of black holes in the snow?

5. What is a gofer match?

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