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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani" mean?
(a) "My God, My God, why hast thou foresaken me?"
(b) "My God, My God, why is this happening to me?"
(c) "My God, My God, please save me from death."
(d) "My God, My God, forgive me my sins."

2. What is a Pulaski?
(a) Half-shovel and half-ax.
(b) Half-ax and half-hoe.
(c) Half-ax and half-spade.
(d) Half-hoe and half-shovel.

3. How many Smokejumpers died fighting the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Sixteen.

4. What common portrayal of death did Maclean believe did not occur for the Smokejumpers?
(a) To see the future.
(b) To see the people waiting for them in Heaven.
(c) To see the people they love.
(d) To see their whole lives in review.

5. Where was the Fish Creek fire when the author finally stopped running?
(a) East of him.
(b) West of him.
(c) Both in front of and behind him.
(d) Directly behind him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a gofer match?

2. When Sallee and Rumsey reached Hellman's cross, what did they both say to Laird and Maclean?

3. What feeling did the Smokejumpers share with all other youth their age?

4. What did Maclean believe the Smokejumpers had accomplished spiritually at the time of their deaths?

5. Who was C.A. Gustafson?

(see the answer key)

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