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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sallee and Rumsey reached Hellman's cross, what did they both say to Laird and Maclean?
(a) They did not want to see Mann Gulch.
(b) Someone had moved the markers of some of the men.
(c) Hellman's cross was not in the correct place.
(d) They wanted to rest before seeing Mann Gulch.

2. Where did the author go after climbing over the ridge away from the Fish Creek fire?
(a) The hunting lodge used by the locals in the winter.
(b) The fishing lodge he had read about in a brochure.
(c) The hunting lodge where he and his father had hunted together.
(d) The fishing lodge owned by his father's cousin.

3. What is a crown fire?
(a) A fire that snakes along water.
(b) A fire that spreads through the branches of trees.
(c) A fire that arcs across a gulch.
(d) A fire that surpasses a Class 5.

4. Where did the fire starters assume the Fish Creek fire would travel?
(a) Into the deepest part of the forest.
(b) To the edge of the lake.
(c) Into town.
(d) Up the tributary in a box canyon with cliffs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the one thought the Smokejumpers shared as they ran from the fire?

2. When did Wag Dodge die?

3. Where was the author when he saw smoke coming out of black holes in the snow?

4. How many acres of land burned in the Mann Gulch fire?

5. What did the ghost do to the author while the two were on the mountainside?

(see the answer key)

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