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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Arthur P. Brackebush?
(a) A former Forest Service ranger.
(b) A former foreman for the Smokejumpers.
(c) A former student of Gisborne's.
(d) A former pilot of a Smokejumper's plane.

2. What time was recorded on the watch found near the bodies?
(a) Twenty minutes to ten.
(b) Four minutes to six.
(c) Three forty-five.
(d) Nine thirty.

3. What feeling did the Smokejumpers share with all other youth their age?
(a) The feeling that their lives would be long.
(b) The feeling that education was important.
(c) The feeling that they could be successful firefighters.
(d) The feeling that they were immortal.

4. Where was the author when he saw smoke coming out of black holes in the snow?
(a) While ice fishing on the lake.
(b) While hunting in Fish Creek.
(c) While returning home from the Fish Creek fire.
(d) While staying in Lolo Hot Springs.

5. What did Gisborne want to do on Mann Gulch?
(a) See it from a firefighter's point of view.
(b) See the markers of the lost men.
(c) Test a theory of fire whirls.
(d) Examine the area around the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author answer the question that the voice in the fire had asked?

2. How did the author describe the sound of the fire getting very close?

3. What did the author hear a voice say to him as he ran to avoid being killed in the Fish Creek fire?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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