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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Frank Derry wearing on one infamous jump?
(a) A Smokey the Bear costume.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A Cowardly Lion costume.
(d) A Santa Claus outfit.

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

3. What kind of boots was the author wearing while running in the Fish Creek fire?
(a) Hobnail boots.
(b) Rubber boots.
(c) Riding boots.
(d) Hunting boots.

4. Where had the author's boots come from?
(a) The general store in town.
(b) Sears and Roebucks.
(c) Farm and Fleet.
(d) The army surplus store.

5. Where did Sallee and Rumsey run to get out of the fire's path?
(a) Into an opening in the reef.
(b) Down the side of the ridge.
(c) Into a cave.
(d) In the opposite direction of the fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first man to begin tagging the bodies laying along the hill at Mann Gulch?

2. What is a Pulaski?

3. Where did the author go after climbing over the ridge away from the Fish Creek fire?

4. What was the first thing the author noticed about the ghost standing next to him?

5. When did the author first hear a voice in the fire during the Fish Creek fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the profile of a smokejumper in the 1940s?

2. What important question did the author ask Mrs. Brown after his experience with the fire at Fish Creek? What was her answer?

3. How do firefighters routinely contain small forest fires?

4. Who was Harry T. Gisborne? What was his contribution to the history of firefighting, and understanding the Mann Gulch fire in particular?

5. What is a crown fire? How does it become ignited? What does it sound like in the forest? What elements are necessary to create a crown fire?

6. Who invented the first parachutes? What were parachutes and their cords made of then? What material were they made of in 1949 when the Smokejumpers landed on Mann Gulch? Why?

7. What is a Pulanski? Where did it come from? What does it do? Who is it named after?

8. Where was the big fire the author had fought when he was in the Forest Service? How did the people living in the area support themselves and their families?

9. What are the two causes of fires? What caused the Mann Gulch fire? Where did the fire start? How?

10. Why did Dodge set a fire in front of the fire raging toward himself and his men on Mann Gulch? What was he trying to accomplish? Why did his men not follow his orders?

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