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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the investigative committee that the chief forester assembled arrive in Mann Gulch?
(a) August 9.
(b) August 19.
(c) August 5.
(d) August 10.

2. What common portrayal of death did Maclean believe did not occur for the Smokejumpers?
(a) To see their whole lives in review.
(b) To see the future.
(c) To see the people waiting for them in Heaven.
(d) To see the people they love.

3. What does "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani" mean?
(a) "My God, My God, why hast thou foresaken me?"
(b) "My God, My God, please save me from death."
(c) "My God, My God, why is this happening to me?"
(d) "My God, My God, forgive me my sins."

4. Who was Henry Thol, Sr.?
(a) A Smokejumper trainer.
(b) The senator form Montana.
(c) Father of one of the dead Smokejumpers.
(d) The Forest Service official responsible for public relations.

5. What began to happen at Mann Gulch forty years later?
(a) Small brush fires had begun to erupt along the ridge.
(b) Small trees had begun to grow along the gulches on the hillside.
(c) Small animals had begun to return to the hillside.
(d) Small bushes had replaced scarred land along the hillside.

6. How did Maclean explain the change in the world after compassionately studying the fire at Mann Gulch?
(a) Moving from a "hearing world" to a "feeling world" by learning from the past.
(b) Moving from a "seeing world" to a "hearing world" by understanding the terrifying sounds of fire.
(c) Moving from a "seeing world" to a "feeling world" for the pain of others.
(d) Moving from a "feeling world" to a "comprehending world" for the loss of the Smokejumpers.

7. What did Maclean believe the Smokejumpers had accomplished spiritually at the time of their deaths?
(a) Unite with earth, fire, and the sky.
(b) Asking for understanding.
(c) Unite with lost ones.
(d) Praying to their gods.

8. What was the one thought the Smokejumpers shared as they ran from the fire?
(a) To find some place cool.
(b) To find a way back to their foreman.
(c) To find some water.
(d) To find Sallee and Rumsey.

9. What sculptor's piece stands at the University of Chicago commemorating the Atomic Age?
(a) Henry Moore.
(b) Albert Camus.
(c) Heindrick Gustav.
(d) Malcolm Miller.

10. What does the sculpture at the University of Chicago commemorating the Atomic Age look like?
(a) Both a mushroom and a planet.
(b) Both a mushroom and a skull.
(c) Both a skull and a womb.
(d) Both a womb and a mushroom.

11. When did Wag Dodge die?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1965.

12. Where did Bob Moore and Maclean discover they had both worked in their youths?
(a) Lochsa where Lewis and Clark nearly starved to death.
(b) Lochsa where the Missouri River enters the Gates of the Mountain.
(c) Lochsa where the Fish Creek fire took place.
(d) Lochsa where Moore was born.

13. What did Maclean believe were the final cries of the men who died on the ridge?
(a) Ones of self-compassion.
(b) Ones of rage.
(c) Ones of self-pity.
(d) Ones of disbelief.

14. When Sallee and Rumsey reached Hellman's cross, what did they both say to Laird and Maclean?
(a) Someone had moved the markers of some of the men.
(b) They wanted to rest before seeing Mann Gulch.
(c) Hellman's cross was not in the correct place.
(d) They did not want to see Mann Gulch.

15. According to Sallee and Rumsey, toward the end of their run, how many times did the smoke part in order for them to see the top of the ridge?
(a) Many times.
(b) Once.
(c) Four or five times.
(d) Two or three times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Maclean and his brother-in-law first go to view Mann Gulch?

2. Of what material are the Mann Gulch crosses made?

3. Where did Maclean finally find Robert Sallee?

4. Why did Maclean write what he called his "fire report?"

5. As an old man, what did the author hope to receive by his study of the Mann Gulch fire?

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