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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does a Smokejumper foreman ask while fighting a fire?
(a) "Is every man accounted for?"
(b) "Where is a good escape route?"
(c) "Where is the biggest fire?"
(d) "Where are the tools?"

2. What important piece of equipment was broken in the parachute landing at Mann Gulch?
(a) The food rations.
(b) The first aid kit.
(c) The water barrel.
(d) The radio.

3. Why were Sylvia and Hellman not suffering from their burns?
(a) Their injuries were covered with novacaine.
(b) Their nerve endings were destroyed.
(c) They were in a state of shock.
(d) They were heavily sedated.

4. What color was the face of the ghost walking next to the author on the mountain?
(a) Orange.
(b) Black.
(c) Grey.
(d) Red.

5. What did Gisborne want to do on Mann Gulch?
(a) See it from a firefighter's point of view.
(b) Test a theory of fire whirls.
(c) Examine the area around the river.
(d) See the markers of the lost men.

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

7. What was one reasonable cause of the Mann Gulch fire advanced by scientists?
(a) Fire whirls.
(b) A second lightning strike.
(c) A thunderhead which sat on the fire.
(d) Crown fire.

8. What did the author do when he reached the mountain ridge, having escaped the Fish Creek fire?
(a) Took in huge gulps of air.
(b) Put out the fire on his shoelaces.
(c) Cried.
(d) Sat down to rest.

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

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

11. What did Mrs. Brown say to the author when she opened the door?
(a) "Come in and have some hot coffee. You must be cold."
(b) "Come in and sit by the fire and tell me how your father is."
(c) "Come in and tell me what is happening out there."
(d) "Come in and lie down. You look very white."

12. Where did the fire starters light the forest fire in Fish Creek?
(a) At the edge of a clearing.
(b) Near the mouth of the tributary.
(c) Close to the Forest Service station.
(d) In the middle of the forest.

13. What did the ghost do to the author while the two were on the mountainside?
(a) Pushed him down the mountainside.
(b) Tripped him.
(c) Punched him in the stomach.
(d) Slapped him in the face.

14. What did the Forest Service learn from the fires in 1910?
(a) Firefighters should attack a fire by walking in front of it.
(b) Get firefighters on the ground as soon as possible.
(c) Smokejumpers need to jump behind a fire.
(d) Smokejumpers are not the most efficient way to get men to a fire.

15. Where did the burned and disabled deer die?
(a) At the base of the mountain.
(b) In the creek.
(c) On a burning log.
(d) On the road.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was the head of the Helena National Forest Canyon Ferry District?

3. Where was the author's cabin located?

4. Who was the spotter on the C-47 that dropped Smokejumpers into Mann Gulch?

5. Who named the area around Mann Gulch the "Gates of the Mountains?"

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