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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 destroying the food supply for the abundant animal population in the area?
(a) The fox population.
(b) The locusts.
(c) The sheep herders.
(d) The farmers.

2. When did the author first hear a voice in the fire during the Fish Creek fire?
(a) When he returned to the fire station.
(b) When he got to the lake.
(c) When he reached the top of the mountain.
(d) When he was halfway off the mountain.

3. How did the author describe the sound of the fire getting very close?
(a) Like the sound of breaking glass.
(b) Like the sound of a waterfall.
(c) Like the sound of cracking bones.
(d) Like the sound of whistles.

4. What question does a Smokejumper foreman ask while fighting a fire?
(a) "Is every man accounted for?"
(b) "Where is a good escape route?"
(c) "Where are the tools?"
(d) "Where is the biggest fire?"

5. When on the ridge in Mann Gulch, what did Maclean witness Sallee and Rumsey argue about?
(a) Where Diettert died.
(b) Where Dodge had lit his fire.
(c) Where Hellman actually fell.
(d) Where Thol's marker should actually be.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Maclean's wife die from?

3. Where did the author begin running when the Fish Creek fire caught at the next fire line?

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

5. Where did the author go after climbing over the ridge away from the Fish Creek fire?

(see the answer key)

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