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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Mrs. Brown?
(a) The owner of the lodge.
(b) The telephone operator.
(c) The postmistress.
(d) The wife of the owner of the lodge.

2. What is a crown fire?
(a) A fire that spreads through the branches of trees.
(b) A fire that arcs across a gulch.
(c) A fire that surpasses a Class 5.
(d) A fire that snakes along water.

3. What quality of Dodge's led to his escape from death by the fire?
(a) His ability to follow the smoke.
(b) His ability to use tools.
(c) His ability to run.
(d) His ability to remain calm.

4. What did Harry Gisborne witness in 1929?
(a) A pitch fire.
(b) A blowup.
(c) A drift fire.
(d) A crown fire.

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

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

7. How many acres of land burned in the Mann Gulch fire?
(a) 4,500 acres.
(b) 5,000 acres.
(c) 2,500 acres.
(d) 7,500 acres.

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

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

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

11. Where was the Fish Creek fire when the author finally stopped running?
(a) Directly behind him.
(b) East of him.
(c) Both in front of and behind him.
(d) West of him.

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

13. Where did Gisborne die?
(a) On the Missouri River.
(b) On Mount Jennie.
(c) On the climb up Rescue Gulch.
(d) In Missoula.

14. Who were the only permanent residents of the town near the author's cabin?
(a) Firefighters.
(b) Sheep herders.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Loggers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Dodge survive the fire?

2. Where did the firefighters go as the fire spread toward them in Fish Creek?

3. Where did the author stand to fight the Fish Creek fire?

4. How did Dodge die five years after the fire?

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

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