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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the author work for the Forest Service?
(a) During the Korean War.
(b) During college.
(c) During World War II.
(d) During World War I.

2. When did Dodge return to Missoula?
(a) When Jansson ordered him to.
(b) When his crew was all accounted for.
(c) When he collapsed from exhaustion.
(d) When his wife came to pick him up.

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

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

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

6. What important piece of equipment was broken in the parachute landing at Mann Gulch?
(a) The first aid kit.
(b) The water barrel.
(c) The food rations.
(d) The radio.

7. How long did the author hear stories about the Mann Gulch fire before he felt he needed to see it himself?
(a) About two days.
(b) About ten days.
(c) About a week.
(d) About five days.

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

9. What did Jansson send up to the survivors of the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) A doctor and more firefighters.
(b) A doctor, food, and assistance.
(c) Food, blankets, and water.
(d) A doctor, litter, blankets, and blood plasma.

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

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. Where was the headquarters for Region One of the Forest Service?
(a) Kalispell.
(b) Missoula.
(c) Helena.
(d) Butte.

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

14. Who was the spotter on the C-47 that dropped Smokejumpers into Mann Gulch?
(a) John Thol.
(b) Wag Dodge.
(c) Earl Cooley.
(d) Fred Stillings.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the author first hear a voice in the fire during the Fish Creek fire?

3. What was the severely burned deer doing as the author watched?

4. What did the Forest Service learn from the fires in 1910?

5. How many Smokejumpers were in the plane ready to parachute into Mann Gulch?

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