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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Maclean and his party land their boat to begin their trip to Mann Gulch?
(a) At the foot of the Gates of the Mountain.
(b) At the base of Fields Gulch.
(c) At the mouth of Rescue Gulch.
(d) At the entrance to Merriweather Canyon.

3. What did Maclean and the others decide was one key point on the hillside they needed to locate?
(a) The opening in the reef through which Rumsey and Sallee escaped the fire.
(b) The exact spot at which Sylvia was found alive.
(c) The exact spot at which the Smokejumpers landed with their gear.
(d) The true location of Hellman's marker.

4. How did the additional firefighters needed in Mann Gulch get there?
(a) By jeep to within a mile of the fire
(b) By hiking up the side of the gulch.
(c) By plane and parachute.
(d) By boat on the Missouri River.

5. In what novel is an escape fire used by an old trapper to save his party?
(a) The Prairie.
(b) The Sound and the Fury.
(c) American Fur Trade of the Far West.
(d) My Antonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Dodge survive the fire?

2. What did Mrs. Brown say to the author when she opened the door?

3. When did Dodge return to Missoula?

4. How many feet does a Smokejumper fall before his parachute opens?

5. What was the first thing the author noticed about the ghost standing next to him?

(see the answer key)

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