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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is the Smokejumper's parachute fall from the plane to the ground?
(a) Thirty seconds.
(b) Two minutes.
(c) Five minutes.
(d) A minute.

2. What did Mrs. Brown say to the author when she opened the door?
(a) "Come in and have some hot coffee. You must be cold."
(b) "Come in and sit by the fire and tell me how your father is."
(c) "Come in and lie down. You look very white."
(d) "Come in and tell me what is happening out there."

3. Who was destroying the food supply for the abundant animal population in the area?
(a) The fox population.
(b) The locusts.
(c) The farmers.
(d) The sheep herders.

4. In the Fish Creek fire, where was the author standing when the fire jumped?
(a) On the other side of the lake.
(b) Near the fire truck.
(c) Behind the fire chief near the water.
(d) At the exact place of the jump.

5. When was the U.S. Forest Service established?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1915.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of the best bibliographical references about the Mann Gulch fire available to Laird and Maclean?

2. What did the author do during the Mann Gulch fire when he remembered his experience at the Fish Creek fire?

3. What year is generally seen as the beginning of modern scientific study of fire behavior?

4. Why were Sylvia and Hellman not suffering from their burns?

5. What was the first thing the author noticed about the ghost standing next to him?

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