Young Men & Fire Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Young Men & Fire Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who did the author first think the voice he heard in the fire belonged to?
(a) A farmer trapped in the fire.
(b) His imagination.
(c) A member of the pickup crew.
(d) His partner.

4. Who did the author believe started the forest fire at Fish Creek?
(a) The sheep herders.
(b) Local hoodlums.
(c) The homesteaders.
(d) The fire deparment.

5. What did the Forest Service learn from the fires in 1910?
(a) Get firefighters on the ground as soon as possible.
(b) Smokejumpers need to jump behind a fire.
(c) Smokejumpers are not the most efficient way to get men to a fire.
(d) Firefighters should attack a fire by walking in front of it.

6. What animal was Fish Creek known for having in abundance?
(a) Cabins and lodges.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Deer.
(d) Buffalo.

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

8. How did the author describe the sound of the fire getting very close?
(a) Like the sound of a waterfall.
(b) Like the sound of breaking glass.
(c) Like the sound of cracking bones.
(d) Like the sound of whistles.

9. What did the author feel while he was running away from the Fish Creek fire?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Fear.

10. How many Smokejumpers were in the plane ready to parachute into Mann Gulch?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Fifteen.

11. Who did Jansson, Sallee, and Roos find alive on the other side of the ridge from the other survivors?
(a) Hellman.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) Thol.
(d) Daily.

12. What was the first thing the author noticed about the ghost standing next to him?
(a) He wore a good pair of goggles.
(b) He wore a good pair of climbing boots.
(c) He wore a yellow jacket.
(d) He wore thick yellow gloves.

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

14. What would have happened had the author stepped across the fire immediately when it jumped the trail?
(a) It would have been caught between the lake and the mountain.
(b) It would have been blown by opposite winds.
(c) It would have reached beds of fallen needles and smoldered.
(d) It would have reached the water and extinguished itself.

15. Where did Gisborne die?
(a) On the Missouri River.
(b) On Mount Jennie.
(c) In Missoula.
(d) On the climb up Rescue Gulch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did both Sylvia and Hellman die?

2. What are the natural components of a blowup?

3. What is a "fire whirl?"

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

5. Who was destroying the food supply for the abundant animal population in the area?

(see the answer keys)

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