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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was Mrs. Brown?
(a) The wife of the owner of the lodge.
(b) The owner of the lodge.
(c) The postmistress.
(d) The telephone operator.
2. How many Smokejumpers have died from fire since the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) None.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.
3. How many acres of land burned in the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) 4,500 acres.
(b) 5,000 acres.
(c) 2,500 acres.
(d) 7,500 acres.
4. What happened to Jansson after the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) He divorced his wife, who could not understand him.
(b) He became ill and died.
(c) He asked to be transferred to another location.
(d) He moved to Idaho.
5. What year is generally seen as the beginning of modern scientific study of fire behavior?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1946.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Rumsey verify that the tin can of potatoes the men found near Hellman's marker was the same one left there after the fire?
2. How did Dodge survive the fire?
3. What was the temperature in Helena when the Smokejumpers landed in Mann Gulch?
4. What was the Board of Review?
5. What did the Forest Service learn from the fires in 1910?
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