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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when a fire up a hillside closes in on someone?
(a) It is easier to breathe and find a way out.
(b) Everything feels only like exhaustion.
(c) It generates adrenalin which helps to keep running.
(d) Everything begins to feel only like thirst.

2. What happened when the fire hit the water's edge?
(a) It sped up but went backwards.
(b) It stalled, allowing the firefighters to extinguish it.
(c) It jumped to the brush on the other side.
(d) It slowed down and lost power.

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

4. Why are parachutes made of nylon instead of silk?
(a) So they are not as expensive to replace.
(b) So they are washable.
(c) So they are not eaten by grasshoppers.
(d) So they float to the ground smoother.

5. Who told the author about the Mann Gulch fire when he came to town?
(a) The fire marshall.
(b) The postmistress.
(c) The shop keeper.
(d) A neighbor.

6. What color was the face of the ghost walking next to the author on the mountain?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Grey.
(d) Orange.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Who invented the "escape fire?"
(a) Robert Jansson.
(b) Wag Dodge.
(c) Robert Harrison.
(d) Henry Thol.

13. In the Fish Creek fire, where was the author standing when the fire jumped?
(a) On the other side of the lake.
(b) Behind the fire chief near the water.
(c) At the exact place of the jump.
(d) Near the fire truck.

14. How did the author answer the question that the voice in the fire had asked?
(a) "I am lost, too."
(b) "I keep slipping back."
(c) "Help me please."
(d) "I am okay, really."

15. What did the author hear a voice say to him as he ran to avoid being killed in the Fish Creek fire?
(a) "Can you see your way out?"
(b) "I have to go with you."
(c) "Are you lost, too?"
(d) "How're you doing, sonny?"

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the only permanent residents of the town near the author's cabin?

2. What did the author do when he reached the mountain ridge, having escaped the Fish Creek fire?

3. How did Jansson identify Harrison's body?

4. What did the author say he saw while fighting the Fish Creek fire?

5. How many Smokejumpers died fighting the Mann Gulch fire?

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