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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the first parachute jump made on a forest fire?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1939.

2. Where did the author go after climbing over the ridge away from the Fish Creek fire?
(a) The hunting lodge used by the locals in the winter.
(b) The fishing lodge owned by his father's cousin.
(c) The hunting lodge where he and his father had hunted together.
(d) The fishing lodge he had read about in a brochure.

3. How many acres of land burned in the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) 7,500 acres.
(b) 2,500 acres.
(c) 5,000 acres.
(d) 4,500 acres.

4. What was Frank Derry wearing on one infamous jump?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A Santa Claus outfit.
(c) A Smokey the Bear costume.
(d) A Cowardly Lion costume.

5. How many Smokejumpers died fighting the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Fourteen.

6. When did Dodge return to Missoula?
(a) When his wife came to pick him up.
(b) When Jansson ordered him to.
(c) When his crew was all accounted for.
(d) When he collapsed from exhaustion.

7. Who was the spotter on the C-47 that dropped Smokejumpers into Mann Gulch?
(a) Fred Stillings.
(b) John Thol.
(c) Wag Dodge.
(d) Earl Cooley.

8. Who was the first man to begin tagging the bodies laying along the hill at Mann Gulch?
(a) Jansson.
(b) Dodge.
(c) Miller.
(d) Roos.

9. What did the fire look like when it jumped the trail at Fish Creek?
(a) A two alarm blaze.
(b) A stove fire.
(c) A small Indian campfire.
(d) A wall of fire.

10. What was one reasonable cause of the Mann Gulch fire advanced by scientists?
(a) Fire whirls.
(b) Crown fire.
(c) A thunderhead which sat on the fire.
(d) A second lightning strike.

11. What did the Smokejumpers of Mann Gulch wear to protect their heads on the jump?
(a) Army helmets.
(b) Pillow helmets.
(c) Football helmets.
(d) Wrestling helmets.

12. Who was the head of the Helena National Forest Canyon Ferry District?
(a) Wag Dodge.
(b) Charles Merriweather.
(c) Bill Harrison.
(d) Robert Jansson.

13. Where was the Fish Creek fire when the author finally stopped running?
(a) West of him.
(b) East of him.
(c) Directly behind him.
(d) Both in front of and behind him.

14. When did the Forest Service begin using planes to spot fires?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1920.

15. When was the U.S. Forest Service established?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1900.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first thing the author noticed about the ghost standing next to him?

2. Who did Jansson, Sallee, and Roos find alive on the other side of the ridge from the other survivors?

3. Where had the author's boots come from?

4. How did Dodge die five years after the fire?

5. What happens when a fire up a hillside closes in on someone?

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