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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Maclean place the ashes of his wife Jessie when she died?
(a) On the western bank of the Missouri.
(b) On Mount Jessie.
(c) On Mount Helena.
(d) At Seely Lake.

2. Where did the author begin running when the Fish Creek fire caught at the next fire line?
(a) Back to the fire house.
(b) Uphill.
(c) Downhill.
(d) Toward the lake.

3. As an old man, what did the author hope to receive by his study of the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) A better understanding of the role of the Smokejumper.
(b) A better understanding of himself and people close to him.
(c) A better understanding of the Forest Service.
(d) A better understanding of Sallee and Rumsey.

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

5. What did the first Smokejumpers call the fires into which they jumped?
(a) Sneak peeks.
(b) No big deal.
(c) Ten o'clock fires.
(d) Easy money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important piece of equipment was broken in the parachute landing at Mann Gulch?

2. What did Maclean call the "North Star that guides all arguments?"

3. What did Sallee and Rumsey say as they went up the last hillside?

4. Where did Gisborne die?

5. What did the author do during the Mann Gulch fire when he remembered his experience at the Fish Creek fire?

(see the answer key)

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