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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Maclean's wife die from?
(a) Lung cancer.
(b) Esophagal cancer.
(c) Stomach cancer.
(d) Brain cancer.

3. What did the Forest Service learn from the fires in 1910?
(a) Smokejumpers need to jump behind a fire.
(b) Get firefighters on the ground as soon as possible.
(c) Smokejumpers are not the most efficient way to get men to a fire.
(d) Firefighters should attack a fire by walking in front of it.

4. Where did Sallee and Rumsey run to get out of the fire's path?
(a) Into an opening in the reef.
(b) Into a cave.
(c) In the opposite direction of the fire.
(d) Down the side of the ridge.

5. Who were the only permanent residents of the town near the author's cabin?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Sheep herders.
(c) Loggers.
(d) Firefighters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Maclean and the others decide was one key point on the hillside they needed to locate?

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

3. Who did Maclean watch play billiards nearly every day when he was a young teacher?

4. Who was Arthur P. Brackebush?

5. Where did Maclean and his party land their boat to begin their trip to Mann Gulch?

(see the answer key)

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