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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For what organization did the Smokejumpers work?
(a) The National Guard.
(b) The Forest Service.
(c) The Army.
(d) The Air Force.

3. Where was the author's cabin located?
(a) In Smiley Lake, Montanta.
(b) In Mann Gulch, Montana.
(c) In Missoula, Montana.
(d) In Seeley Lake, Montana.

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

5. What did the author say he saw while fighting the Fish Creek fire?
(a) A house on fire.
(b) A ghost.
(c) Lightening strike a tree.
(d) Farmers moving their cows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author go after climbing over the ridge away from the Fish Creek fire?

2. Who did the author first think the voice he heard in the fire belonged to?

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

4. Where did the author begin running when the Fish Creek fire caught at the next fire line?

5. What did the fire look like when it jumped the trail at Fish Creek?

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