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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) Malcolm Miller.
(b) Heindrick Gustav.
(c) Albert Camus.
(d) Henry Moore.

2. What did Maclean believe the Smokejumpers had accomplished spiritually at the time of their deaths?
(a) Unite with lost ones.
(b) Praying to their gods.
(c) Asking for understanding.
(d) Unite with earth, fire, and the sky.

3. When did Wag Dodge die?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1975.

4. 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 "feeling world" to a "comprehending world" for the loss of the Smokejumpers.
(d) Moving from a "hearing world" to a "feeling world" by learning from the past.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the author's cabin located?

2. What did the author do when he reached the mountain ridge, having escaped the Fish Creek fire?

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

4. Who was Hal Samsel?

5. Who was Arthur P. Brackebush?

(see the answer key)

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