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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Dodge survive the fire?
(a) By laying face-down in the ashes of his escape fire.
(b) By running through the fire to a cool spot.
(c) By running into an opening in the reef.
(d) By laying face down in the smoldering grass.

2. What promise did the Forest Service make to Maclean?
(a) That the crosses will always be renewed.
(b) That trees will be planted on the ridge burned by the fire.
(c) That there will be bronze plaques attached to the crosses.
(d) That there will be no other study of the Mann Gulch fire.

3. Who did the author first think the voice he heard in the fire belonged to?
(a) His partner.
(b) A farmer trapped in the fire.
(c) A member of the pickup crew.
(d) His imagination.

4. How long is the Smokejumper's parachute fall from the plane to the ground?
(a) Thirty seconds.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) Two minutes.
(d) A minute.

5. When did the author first notice the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) August, 1948.
(b) June, 1949.
(c) July, 1949.
(d) August, 1949.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of his life, what did Maclean consider the ultimate drive of the human spirit?

2. Where was the Fish Creek fire when the author finally stopped running?

3. What date did Maclean, Robinson, Sallee, and Rumsey agree to meet and visit Mann Gulch?

4. What did Maclean call the "No Man's Land" of the Mann Gulch fire?

5. What time was recorded on the watch found near the bodies?

(see the answer key)

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