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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Harry Gisborne witness in 1929?
(a) A blowup.
(b) A pitch fire.
(c) A crown fire.
(d) A drift fire.

2. What words are in the Common Book of Prayer that beg to not die of sudden death?
(a) "Good Lord, watch over us."
(b) "Good Lord, be my shepherd."
(c) "Good Lord, help us."
(d) "Good Lord, deliver us."

3. Where did the fire starters light the forest fire in Fish Creek?
(a) Near the mouth of the tributary.
(b) At the edge of a clearing.
(c) In the middle of the forest.
(d) Close to the Forest Service station.

4. When did the Forest Service begin using planes to spot fires?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1930.

5. What would have happened had the author stepped across the fire immediately when it jumped the trail?
(a) It would have reached beds of fallen needles and smoldered.
(b) It would have reached the water and extinguished itself.
(c) It would have been caught between the lake and the mountain.
(d) It would have been blown by opposite winds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect did Dodge's escape fire have on the Mann Gulch fire, according to Maclean?

2. How did the author answer the question that the voice in the fire had asked?

3. What happened to Jansson after the Mann Gulch fire?

4. What happened to the Smokejumpers once they left Dodge and his escape fire?

5. How did one doctor describe death from suffocation and lack of oxygen in a fire?

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