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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 the additional firefighters needed in Mann Gulch get there?
(a) By jeep to within a mile of the fire
(b) By hiking up the side of the gulch.
(c) By boat on the Missouri River.
(d) By plane and parachute.

2. What color was the face of the ghost walking next to the author on the mountain?
(a) Orange.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Grey.

3. Why did Maclean write what he called his "fire report?"
(a) To appease Robinson, Laird, Sallee and Rumsey.
(b) To find the answer to the mystery of the fire.
(c) To prove to Henry Thol, Sr. that the death of his son was no one's fault.
(d) To enlarge his knowledge and accompany the men whose lives he might have lived.

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

5. What began to happen at Mann Gulch forty years later?
(a) Small brush fires had begun to erupt along the ridge.
(b) Small animals had begun to return to the hillside.
(c) Small bushes had replaced scarred land along the hillside.
(d) Small trees had begun to grow along the gulches on the hillside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is generally seen as the beginning of modern scientific study of fire behavior?

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

3. How many feet does a Smokejumper fall before his parachute opens?

4. What did the Forest Service learn from the fires in 1910?

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

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