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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What date did Maclean, Robinson, Sallee, and Rumsey agree to meet and visit Mann Gulch?
(a) June 8, 1976.
(b) July 4, 1976.
(c) June 3, 1978.
(d) July 1, 1978.

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

3. Who was C.A. Gustafson?
(a) The pilot of the plane that dropped the Smokejumpers.
(b) The Forest Service's Chief of Fire Control.
(c) The father of one of the dead Smokejumpers.
(d) The Speaker of the House.

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

5. Who told the author about the Mann Gulch fire when he came to town?
(a) The shop keeper.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) The fire marshall.
(d) The postmistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the fire look like when it jumped the trail at Fish Creek?

2. Who was the head of the Helena National Forest Canyon Ferry District?

3. When Sallee and Rumsey reached Hellman's cross, what did they both say to Laird and Maclean?

4. How long did the author hear stories about the Mann Gulch fire before he felt he needed to see it himself?

5. Who was the chief forester in Washington D.C. at the time of the Mann Gulch fire?

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