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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani" mean?
(a) "My God, My God, why is this happening to me?"
(b) "My God, My God, why hast thou foresaken me?"
(c) "My God, My God, forgive me my sins."
(d) "My God, My God, please save me from death."

2. What did Maclean say was evidence of the strength of the fire when it hit the Smokejumpers on the ridge?
(a) It blew the clothes off of their bodies.
(b) It blew the watches from their wrists.
(c) It singed the hair on their heads.
(d) It melted the soles of their shoes.

3. To what did Maclean compare the fire lower on the hillside as it met the escape fire set by Dodge?
(a) Deranged mice running toward a mouse hole and hitting a wall.
(b) Deranged serpents searching for food.
(c) Deranged soldiers running blindly into the smoke and fire.
(d) Deranged military monsters enraged by the obstacle in front of them.

4. What did thinking about the struggle for oxygen that the Smokejumpers' experienced remind the author of?
(a) The birth experience.
(b) The death of Hellman.
(c) The death of his wife.
(d) The importance of fire safety.

5. For what organization did the Smokejumpers work?
(a) The Air Force.
(b) The Forest Service.
(c) The National Guard.
(d) The Army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Harry Gisborne witness in 1929?

2. What did the author feel while he was running away from the Fish Creek fire?

3. Where did Maclean first go in the hopes of finding Robert Sallee?

4. Who did the author first think the voice he heard in the fire belonged to?

5. When did the Forest Service begin using planes to spot fires?

(see the answer key)

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