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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many men fought the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) 300.
(b) 750.
(c) 450.
(d) 900.

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

5. How did the additional firefighters needed in Mann Gulch get there?
(a) By jeep to within a mile of the fire
(b) By boat on the Missouri River.
(c) By hiking up the side of the gulch.
(d) By plane and parachute.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was the author when he joined the Forest Service?

3. What was the severely burned deer doing as the author watched?

4. What would have happened had the author stepped across the fire immediately when it jumped the trail?

5. How long is the Smokejumper's parachute fall from the plane to the ground?

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