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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author go after climbing over the ridge away from the Fish Creek fire?
(a) The fishing lodge owned by his father's cousin.
(b) The hunting lodge used by the locals in the winter.
(c) The hunting lodge where he and his father had hunted together.
(d) The fishing lodge he had read about in a brochure.

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

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

4. Where did the fire starters assume the Fish Creek fire would travel?
(a) Into town.
(b) To the edge of the lake.
(c) Into the deepest part of the forest.
(d) Up the tributary in a box canyon with cliffs.

5. When did the author work for the Forest Service?
(a) During World War II.
(b) During college.
(c) During World War I.
(d) During the Korean War.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the burned and disabled deer die?

3. Who was Mrs. Brown?

4. Who did the author believe started the forest fire at Fish Creek?

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

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