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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sculptor's piece stands at the University of Chicago commemorating the Atomic Age?
(a) Henry Moore.
(b) Malcolm Miller.
(c) Heindrick Gustav.
(d) Albert Camus.

2. Who did Jansson, Sallee, and Roos find alive on the other side of the ridge from the other survivors?
(a) Hellman.
(b) Daily.
(c) Thol.
(d) Sylvia.

3. What did Maclean believe the atomic mushroom to be a symbol of in the 20th century?
(a) A symbol of American supremacy in firefighting.
(b) A symbol of our inner fear of the explosive power of the universe.
(c) A symbol of the future of science.
(d) A symbol of everything wrong with governmental agencies such as the Forest Service.

4. Where did the author begin running when the Fish Creek fire caught at the next fire line?
(a) Downhill.
(b) Uphill.
(c) Back to the fire house.
(d) Toward the lake.

5. How did Maclean explain the change in the world after compassionately studying the fire at Mann Gulch?
(a) Moving from a "seeing world" to a "feeling world" for the pain of others.
(b) Moving from a "seeing world" to a "hearing world" by understanding the terrifying sounds of fire.
(c) Moving from a "hearing world" to a "feeling world" by learning from the past.
(d) Moving from a "feeling world" to a "comprehending world" for the loss of the Smokejumpers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What common portrayal of death did Maclean believe did not occur for the Smokejumpers?

3. Who was the spotter on the C-47 that dropped Smokejumpers into Mann Gulch?

4. For what did the fire fighters hope to use Fish Creek?

5. To what did Maclean compare the fire lower on the hillside as it met the escape fire set by Dodge?

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