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

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

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

4. Where did the burned and disabled deer die?
(a) On the road.
(b) In the creek.
(c) On a burning log.
(d) At the base of the mountain.

5. What did the fire look like when it jumped the trail at Fish Creek?
(a) A small Indian campfire.
(b) A wall of fire.
(c) A stove fire.
(d) A two alarm blaze.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Brown say to the author when she opened the door?

2. What did the Smokejumpers of Mann Gulch wear to protect their heads on the jump?

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

4. How did the additional firefighters needed in Mann Gulch get there?

5. How did Dodge die five years after the fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What important question did the author ask Mrs. Brown after his experience with the fire at Fish Creek? What was her answer?

3. Why did Dodge, Sallee, and Rumsey escape death from the fire, and the other men, including Hellman and Diettert, did not?

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

5. What was the profile of a smokejumper in the 1940s?

6. What did the author learn about the Mann Gulch fire smokejumpers? How did this affect him? Why was the author so interested in the news of the Mann Gulch fire?

7. What are the roles of the foreman and the second-in-command in a jump team of firefighters? What is each man responsible for during the approach to the fire?

8. What is the Story of the Three Winds?

9. What did the Fish Creek fire look like as it jumped the trail? What choices did the author have the moment he decided to stand in front of the fire to try to put it out?

10. Why did the author finally decide he needed to see the Mann Gulch fire the summer he was staying in his cabin at Seely Lake?

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