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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what organization did the Smokejumpers work?
(a) The National Guard.
(b) The Forest Service.
(c) The Army.
(d) The Air Force.

2. Why did Laird Robinson stop smokejumping?
(a) He injured himself landing on a fire.
(b) He injured himself while hiking.
(c) He injured himself in a car accident.
(d) He injured himself while working in Missoula.

3. Where was the author when he was startled to see a terribly burned deer?
(a) Standing at the base of the mountain.
(b) Fighting the fire at Fish Creek.
(c) Sitting on Mrs. Brown's porch.
(d) Standing at Willow Creek.

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

5. How did Rumsey verify that the tin can of potatoes the men found near Hellman's marker was the same one left there after the fire?
(a) He had not opened the can because it was dented on the bottom.
(b) He had used his knife to make holes through which Hellman could drink the liquid.
(c) He had put a slit in the side of the can to allow Hellman to drink the liquid.
(d) He had used his knife to take off the top of the can for Hellman to have food and water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Dodge die five years after the fire?

2. Where did the author stand to fight the Fish Creek fire?

3. Who told the author about the Mann Gulch fire when he came to town?

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

5. Who was the first man to begin tagging the bodies laying along the hill at Mann Gulch?

(see the answer key)

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