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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did the Fish Creek fire sound like as the author looked for an escape?
(a) A freight train.
(b) A waterfall.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A whooshing sound.

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

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

8. What is a crown fire?
(a) A fire that arcs across a gulch.
(b) A fire that spreads through the branches of trees.
(c) A fire that surpasses a Class 5.
(d) A fire that snakes along water.

9. 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.

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

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

12. What did Gisborne want to do on Mann Gulch?
(a) See the markers of the lost men.
(b) Examine the area around the river.
(c) Test a theory of fire whirls.
(d) See it from a firefighter's point of view.

13. What kind of boots was the author wearing while running in the Fish Creek fire?
(a) Hunting boots.
(b) Hobnail boots.
(c) Rubber boots.
(d) Riding boots.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does a Smokejumper foreman ask while fighting a fire?

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

3. Who were the three men who ran toward the ridge together to escape the fire?

4. What did the author feel while he was running away from the Fish Creek fire?

5. Where was the author when he was startled to see a terribly burned deer?

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