Young Men & Fire Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Young Men & Fire Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the author when he joined the Forest Service?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Fifteen.

2. What did the author feel while he was running away from the Fish Creek fire?
(a) Confidence.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Fear.

3. Who did Jansson, Sallee, and Roos find alive on the other side of the ridge from the other survivors?
(a) Daily.
(b) Thol.
(c) Sylvia.
(d) Hellman.

4. Who told the author about the Mann Gulch fire when he came to town?
(a) The shop keeper.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) The fire marshall.
(d) The postmistress.

5. Where was the headquarters for Region One of the Forest Service?
(a) Butte.
(b) Kalispell.
(c) Missoula.
(d) Helena.

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

7. What is a Pulaski?
(a) Half-ax and half-hoe.
(b) Half-shovel and half-ax.
(c) Half-ax and half-spade.
(d) Half-hoe and half-shovel.

8. How many feet does a Smokejumper fall before his parachute opens?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Seventy-five.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Twelve.

9. Who was the first man to begin tagging the bodies laying along the hill at Mann Gulch?
(a) Dodge.
(b) Roos.
(c) Jansson.
(d) Miller.

10. How did Jansson identify Harrison's body?
(a) By the Catholic medallion around his neck.
(b) By the shovel laying next to him with his initials carved in it.
(c) By his tattoo.
(d) By his pinkie ring.

11. In the Fish Creek fire, where was the author standing when the fire jumped?
(a) On the other side of the lake.
(b) At the exact place of the jump.
(c) Near the fire truck.
(d) Behind the fire chief near the water.

12. How did the author answer the question that the voice in the fire had asked?
(a) "Help me please."
(b) "I am okay, really."
(c) "I keep slipping back."
(d) "I am lost, too."

13. Who were the three men who ran toward the ridge together to escape the fire?
(a) Rumsey, Sallee, and Diettert.
(b) Rumsey, Sallee and Dodge.
(c) Rumsey, Sallee, and Harrison.
(d) Rumsey, Hellman, and Harrison.

14. What is the cause of 75% of forest fires?
(a) Smoldering cigarettes.
(b) Campfires.
(c) Lightning.
(d) Spontaneous combustion.

15. Who named the area around Mann Gulch the "Gates of the Mountains?"
(a) Merriweather and Smith.
(b) Clark and Simon.
(c) Smith and Gulch.
(d) Lewis and Clark.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the only permanent residents of the town near the author's cabin?

2. What did the author say he saw while fighting the Fish Creek fire?

3. Where was the author when he was startled to see a terribly burned deer?

4. What did Harry Gisborne witness in 1929?

5. Who did Rumsey and Sallee find ahead of them while they were running from the fire?

(see the answer keys)

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