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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author do when he reached the mountain ridge, having escaped the Fish Creek fire?
(a) Cried.
(b) Sat down to rest.
(c) Put out the fire on his shoelaces.
(d) Took in huge gulps of air.

2. In what novel is an escape fire used by an old trapper to save his party?
(a) The Prairie.
(b) My Antonia.
(c) The Sound and the Fury.
(d) American Fur Trade of the Far West.

3. Where was the author's cabin located?
(a) In Missoula, Montana.
(b) In Seeley Lake, Montana.
(c) In Mann Gulch, Montana.
(d) In Smiley Lake, Montanta.

4. What did the first Smokejumpers call the fires into which they jumped?
(a) No big deal.
(b) Easy money.
(c) Sneak peeks.
(d) Ten o'clock fires.

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

6. Who were the three men who ran toward the ridge together to escape the fire?
(a) Rumsey, Sallee and Dodge.
(b) Rumsey, Hellman, and Harrison.
(c) Rumsey, Sallee, and Harrison.
(d) Rumsey, Sallee, and Diettert.

7. What happened to Jansson after the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) He moved to Idaho.
(b) He asked to be transferred to another location.
(c) He divorced his wife, who could not understand him.
(d) He became ill and died.

8. 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.

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

10. How did Jansson identify Harrison's body?
(a) By the shovel laying next to him with his initials carved in it.
(b) By his tattoo.
(c) By his pinkie ring.
(d) By the Catholic medallion around his neck.

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

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

13. Who were the only permanent residents of the town near the author's cabin?
(a) Loggers.
(b) Firefighters.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Sheep herders.

14. Who was Mrs. Brown?
(a) The owner of the lodge.
(b) The wife of the owner of the lodge.
(c) The postmistress.
(d) The telephone operator.

15. When did the author first hear a voice in the fire during the Fish Creek fire?
(a) When he got to the lake.
(b) When he reached the top of the mountain.
(c) When he was halfway off the mountain.
(d) When he returned to the fire station.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rumsey fall into that caused him to stop running when he jumped from the crevice?

2. Who did Rumsey and Sallee find ahead of them while they were running from the fire?

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

4. How many feet does a Smokejumper fall before his parachute opens?

5. Where did both Sylvia and Hellman die?

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