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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the additional firefighters needed in Mann Gulch get there?
(a) By hiking up the side of the gulch.
(b) By jeep to within a mile of the fire
(c) By boat on the Missouri River.
(d) By plane and parachute.

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

3. Why were Sylvia and Hellman not suffering from their burns?
(a) Their nerve endings were destroyed.
(b) They were heavily sedated.
(c) They were in a state of shock.
(d) Their injuries were covered with novacaine.

4. What quality of Dodge's led to his escape from death by the fire?
(a) His ability to follow the smoke.
(b) His ability to remain calm.
(c) His ability to run.
(d) His ability to use tools.

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

6. How long is the Smokejumper's parachute fall from the plane to the ground?
(a) Two minutes.
(b) A minute.
(c) Five minutes.
(d) Thirty seconds.

7. For what did the fire fighters hope to use Fish Creek?
(a) A fire line to stop the fire.
(b) A meeting place for firefighters.
(c) A landing strip for airplanes.
(d) A starting point for wetting brush.

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

9. Where had the author's boots come from?
(a) Farm and Fleet.
(b) The general store in town.
(c) Sears and Roebucks.
(d) The army surplus store.

10. What is a Pulaski?
(a) Half-ax and half-hoe.
(b) Half-hoe and half-shovel.
(c) Half-ax and half-spade.
(d) Half-shovel and half-ax.

11. When did the author first notice the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) July, 1949.
(b) June, 1949.
(c) August, 1948.
(d) August, 1949.

12. What question did the author ask Mrs. Brown before leaving the lodge?
(a) He asked if he could repay her for her kindness.
(b) He asked if she could feed him something.
(c) He asked if she had started the fire.
(d) He asked how to get back to the main road.

13. What did Harry Gisborne witness in 1929?
(a) A crown fire.
(b) A blowup.
(c) A pitch fire.
(d) A drift fire.

14. What was the severely burned deer doing as the author watched?
(a) Drinking water.
(b) Running back and forth across a road.
(c) Eating leaves.
(d) Looking at the fire.

15. What is a "fire whirl?"
(a) A space in a fire where there is room to breathe.
(b) A small, easily extinguished fire.
(c) A tornado-like fire that starts other fires by its motion.
(d) A fire in a wind pattern that puts itself out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sallee and Rumsey run to get out of the fire's path?

2. When did Dodge return to Missoula?

3. Where did the burned and disabled deer die?

4. What was Frank Derry wearing on one infamous jump?

5. Where did the author stand to fight the Fish Creek fire?

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