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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Jansson, Sallee, and Roos find alive on the other side of the ridge from the other survivors?
(a) Daily.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) Hellman.
(d) Thol.

2. Who did Rumsey and Sallee find ahead of them while they were running from the fire?
(a) Hellman.
(b) Jansson.
(c) Harrison.
(d) Dodge.

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

4. 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?"

5. What was one reasonable cause of the Mann Gulch fire advanced by scientists?
(a) Fire whirls.
(b) Crown fire.
(c) A thunderhead which sat on the fire.
(d) A second lightning strike.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did both Sylvia and Hellman die?

2. What animal was Fish Creek known for having in abundance?

3. What did the first Smokejumpers call the fires into which they jumped?

4. What was the temperature in Helena when the Smokejumpers landed in Mann Gulch?

5. Where did the author begin running when the Fish Creek fire caught at the next fire line?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Robert Jansson? What was his part in the Mann Gulch fire?

2. Where was the big fire the author had fought when he was in the Forest Service? How did the people living in the area support themselves and their families?

3. What did the ghost finally ask the author? What happened when the author answered the question? How did he react?

4. Where was the ranger station in which the author was stationed? What was the commonly held belief about the Fish Creek fire? Why was this theory reasonable?

5. What is a crown fire? How does it become ignited? What does it sound like in the forest? What elements are necessary to create a crown fire?

6. When the author returned to the spot in which he had stood when the fire jumped the trail, what did he realize about himself? What did he realize about the fire?

7. What were the topographical differences in the north and the south sides of the mountains separated by Mann Gulch? What did these conditions have to do with the fire?

8. What did the author know about hiking boots? Why were they important? What kind of boots was he wearing the day of the Fish Creek fire? Why?

9. Who was Harry T. Gisborne? What was his contribution to the history of firefighting, and understanding the Mann Gulch fire in particular?

10. What is the Story of the Three Winds?

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