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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a gofer match?
(a) A stick match pulled from a matchbox.
(b) A cigarette lighter.
(c) A paper match pulled from a matchbook.
(d) A small torch made by lighting rolled paper.

2. What did Maclean call the "No Man's Land" of the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) The point at which the fire becomes a blowup.
(b) The point at which the men can run niether forward nor backward.
(c) The point at which the men can see no escape from the fire.
(d) The point at which the fire was fifty yards behind the men running in semidarkness.

3. What did Rumsey fall into that caused him to stop running when he jumped from the crevice?
(a) A fire whirl.
(b) A bear trap.
(c) A juniper bush.
(d) Poison ivy.

4. What important accomplishment did Louis-Sebastien Lenormand achieve in 1783?
(a) He created a parachute made of cotton.
(b) He designed the first balloon parachute.
(c) He invented the modern parachute.
(d) He successfully parachuted off a tower.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jansson send up to the survivors of the Mann Gulch fire?

2. What effect did Dodge's escape fire have on the Mann Gulch fire, according to Maclean?

3. What is a Pulaski?

4. What began to happen at Mann Gulch forty years later?

5. Where was the headquarters for Region One of the Forest Service?

(see the answer key)

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