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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Dodge return to Missoula?
(a) When he collapsed from exhaustion.
(b) When his wife came to pick him up.
(c) When his crew was all accounted for.
(d) When Jansson ordered him to.

2. Where did both Sylvia and Hellman die?
(a) On the way to Missoula.
(b) In a hospital in Helena.
(c) In the speedboat back to the station.
(d) In a hospital in Butte.

3. What happens when a fire up a hillside closes in on someone?
(a) It is easier to breathe and find a way out.
(b) Everything begins to feel only like thirst.
(c) Everything feels only like exhaustion.
(d) It generates adrenalin which helps to keep running.

4. As an old man, what did the author hope to receive by his study of the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) A better understanding of Sallee and Rumsey.
(b) A better understanding of himself and people close to him.
(c) A better understanding of the role of the Smokejumper.
(d) A better understanding of the Forest Service.

5. What did Sallee and Rumsey say as they went up the last hillside?
(a) "My God, do not let me die this way!"
(b) "My God, why did this happen to me?"
(c) "My God, how could you do this to me?"
(d) "My God, please let me live!"

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Maclean explain the change in the world after compassionately studying the fire at Mann Gulch?

2. When was the first parachute jump made on a forest fire?

3. Who was the first man to crawl through the crevice at the reef during their escape from the fire?

4. In the Fish Creek fire, where was the author standing when the fire jumped?

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

(see the answer key)

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