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Norman Maclean

Young Men & Fire Quiz

Norman Maclean
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Young Men & Fire Quiz

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1)

What was the temperature in Helena when the Smokejumpers landed in Mann Gulch? (from Part One)

101 degrees, dangerous for firefighters.
86 degrees, perfect jumping weather.
77 degrees, the coolest day on record.
97 degrees, the hottest day on record.
2)

What were the two nonhuman elements Maclean said were left after sight and fear were gone? (from Part Three)

Fire and carbon dioxide.
Heat and toxic gases.
Smoke and flames.
Carbon monoxide and flames.
3)

What question does a Smokejumper foreman ask while fighting a fire? (from Part One)

"Where is a good escape route?"
"Where is the biggest fire?"
"Where are the tools?"
"Is every man accounted for?"
4)

What did the Smokejumpers of Mann Gulch wear to protect their heads on the jump? (from Part One)

Pillow helmets.
Army helmets.
Wrestling helmets.
Football helmets.
5)

How did Dodge die five years after the fire? (from Part One)

Heart attack.
Lung cancer.
Hodgkin's disease.
Parkinson's.
6)

Who was the chief forester in Washington D.C. at the time of the Mann Gulch fire? (from Part Two)

Leon F. Wogan.
Lyle F. Watts.
Wag Dodge.
Simon G. Warren.
7)

When was the only time Smokejumpers were allowed to be alone while fighting a fire? (from Part Three)

As they ate a meal.
As they made escape fires.
As they dug trenches and holes.
As they fell to earth from the plane.
8)

What did thinking about the struggle for oxygen that the Smokejumpers' experienced remind the author of? (from Part Three)

The death of Hellman.
The importance of fire safety.
The death of his wife.
The birth experience.
9)

Where did Gisborne die? (from Part One)

On the Missouri River.
In Missoula.
On Mount Jennie.
On the climb up Rescue Gulch.
10)

Who was the head of the Helena National Forest Canyon Ferry District? (from Part One)

Bill Harrison.
Charles Merriweather.
Robert Jansson.
Wag Dodge.
11)

What year is generally seen as the beginning of modern scientific study of fire behavior? (from Part Two)

1946.
1946.
1918.
1922.
12)

Who was C.A. Gustafson? (from Part Two)

The Forest Service's Chief of Fire Control.
The father of one of the dead Smokejumpers.
The Speaker of the House.
The pilot of the plane that dropped the Smokejumpers.
13)

What quality of Dodge's led to his escape from death by the fire? (from Part One)

His ability to run.
His ability to remain calm.
His ability to use tools.
His ability to follow the smoke.
14)

How did one doctor describe death from suffocation and lack of oxygen in a fire? (from Part Three)

It was like drowning.
It was like suffocation.
It was like falling asleep.
It was like dying of cancer.
15)

What important piece of equipment was broken in the parachute landing at Mann Gulch? (from Part One)

The first aid kit.
The water barrel.
The food rations.
The radio.
16)

What did Maclean call the "North Star that guides all arguments?" (from Part Two)

The crevice in the ridge.
The top of the ridge.
Hellman's cross.
The location of Dodge's fire.
17)

What did Maclean's wife die from? (from Part Three)

Esophagal cancer.
Stomach cancer.
Lung cancer.
Brain cancer.
18)

Where did Maclean finally locate Walter Rumsey? (from Part Two)

In Boise, Idaho.
In Seattle, Washington.
In Lincoln, Nebraska.
In Chicago, Illinois.
19)

What emotion did Maclean believe was the last one felt by those still living when young people have died? (from Part Three)

Confusion.
Pity.
Sadness.
Damnation.
20)

As an old man, what did the author hope to receive by his study of the Mann Gulch fire? (from Part Three)

A better understanding of the role of the Smokejumper.
A better understanding of himself and people close to him.
A better understanding of the Forest Service.
A better understanding of Sallee and Rumsey.
21)

What was one reasonable cause of the Mann Gulch fire advanced by scientists? (from Part One)

Crown fire.
Fire whirls.
A second lightning strike.
A thunderhead which sat on the fire.
22)

What did Maclean and the others agree was the second key point on the hillside they needed to locate? (from Part Two)

The spot where Dodge had started his fire.
The spot where Diettert left Rumsey and Sallee.
The spot where the fire blew up.
The spot where Henry Thol, Jr. fell.
23)

What was the Board of Review? (from Part Two)

The board appointed by Jansson to learn the truth about the fire.
The board appointed by the president to study smokejumping.
The board appointed by the Forest Service to review the fire.
The board appointed by the governor to investigate Thol.
24)

What is a gofer match? (from Part Two)

A cigarette lighter.
A stick match pulled from a matchbox.
A paper match pulled from a matchbook.
A small torch made by lighting rolled paper.
25)

How many Smokejumpers were in the plane ready to parachute into Mann Gulch? (from Part One)

Sixteen.
Thirteen.
Fifteen.
Nineteen.
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