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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a crown fire?
(a) A fire that arcs across a gulch.
(b) A fire that surpasses a Class 5.
(c) A fire that spreads through the branches of trees.
(d) A fire that snakes along water.

2. When did Dodge return to Missoula?
(a) When Jansson ordered him to.
(b) When he collapsed from exhaustion.
(c) When his crew was all accounted for.
(d) When his wife came to pick him up.

3. Why are parachutes made of nylon instead of silk?
(a) So they are not as expensive to replace.
(b) So they float to the ground smoother.
(c) So they are washable.
(d) So they are not eaten by grasshoppers.

4. What did the author hear a voice say to him as he ran to avoid being killed in the Fish Creek fire?
(a) "Can you see your way out?"
(b) "Are you lost, too?"
(c) "I have to go with you."
(d) "How're you doing, sonny?"

5. When was the U.S. Forest Service established?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1910.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Laird and Maclean realize early in their investigation of the Mann Gulch fire?

2. What was the severely burned deer doing as the author watched?

3. How many Smokejumpers were in the plane ready to parachute into Mann Gulch?

4. Who did the author believe started the forest fire at Fish Creek?

5. Where did the burned and disabled deer die?

(see the answer key)

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