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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what did the fire fighters hope to use Fish Creek?
(a) A landing strip for airplanes.
(b) A meeting place for firefighters.
(c) A starting point for wetting brush.
(d) A fire line to stop the fire.

2. Who did the author first think the voice he heard in the fire belonged to?
(a) A farmer trapped in the fire.
(b) His partner.
(c) A member of the pickup crew.
(d) His imagination.

3. What did Maclean and the others decide was one key point on the hillside they needed to locate?
(a) The exact spot at which Sylvia was found alive.
(b) The true location of Hellman's marker.
(c) The opening in the reef through which Rumsey and Sallee escaped the fire.
(d) The exact spot at which the Smokejumpers landed with their gear.

4. Where did Maclean first go in the hopes of finding Robert Sallee?
(a) A paper mill near Missoula.
(b) The University of Montana-Butte.
(c) A sawmill in Portland.
(d) The personnel office of the Bank of America.

5. When did Dodge return to Missoula?
(a) When his crew was all accounted for.
(b) When Jansson ordered him to.
(c) When his wife came to pick him up.
(d) When he collapsed from exhaustion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Maclean place the ashes of his wife Jessie when she died?

2. What did Rumsey fall into that caused him to stop running when he jumped from the crevice?

3. What does the sculpture at the University of Chicago commemorating the Atomic Age look like?

4. What was the Board of Review?

5. Who was Henry Thol, Sr.?

(see the answer key)

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