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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Harry Gisborne witness in 1929?
(a) A crown fire.
(b) A drift fire.
(c) A pitch fire.
(d) A blowup.

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

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

5. What did Rumsey fall into that caused him to stop running when he jumped from the crevice?
(a) A bear trap.
(b) A fire whirl.
(c) A juniper bush.
(d) Poison ivy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the fire starters light the forest fire in Fish Creek?

2. What happened to Jansson after the Mann Gulch fire?

3. Where was the Fish Creek fire when the author finally stopped running?

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

5. What important piece of equipment was broken in the parachute landing at Mann Gulch?

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