3. What were the two nonhuman elements Maclean said were left after sight and fear were gone?
(a) Fire and carbon dioxide.
(b) Heat and toxic gases.
(c) Smoke and flames.
(d) Carbon monoxide and flames.

4. Who was Hal Samsel?
(a) The Forest Ranger responsible for guided tours of the gulch.
(b) The pilot who dropped the Smokejumpers into Mann Gulch.
(c) The spotter on the plane that dropped the Smokejumpers into the gulch.
(d) The Loft foreman and son of a Forest Ranger.

5. What well-known magazine had a lead article entitled "Smokejumpers Suffer Ordeal by Fire?"
(a) Time.
(b) National Geographic.
(c) Life.
(d) Look.

6. What happened to the Smokejumpers once they left Dodge and his escape fire?
(a) They were certain they would wake from the horrible dream.
(b) They were without structure and command and free to be afraid.
(c) They were without knowledge as to what was happening.
(d) They were unaware they were going to die in the fire.

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

8. What did Maclean say was evidence of the strength of the fire when it hit the Smokejumpers on the ridge?
(a) It melted the soles of their shoes.
(b) It blew the clothes off of their bodies.
(c) It blew the watches from their wrists.
(d) It singed the hair on their heads.

9. What did the blowup and its fire rising out of Mann Gulch look like?
(a) An atomic explosion in Montana on its way to Nebraska.
(b) An atomic explosion in a laboratory in Arizona.
(c) An atomic explosion in Nevada on its way to Utah.
(d) An atomic explosion as seen on television.

10. Who was Arthur P. Brackebush?
(a) A former Forest Service ranger.
(b) A former pilot of a Smokejumper's plane.
(c) A former foreman for the Smokejumpers.
(d) A former student of Gisborne's.

11. Where did Maclean and his brother-in-law first go to view Mann Gulch?
(a) Down the Missouri River.
(b) Up through the Gates of the Mountain.
(c) Over the ridge climbed by Sallee and Rumsey.
(d) Through the mountain range.

12. What did Maclean call the "North Star that guides all arguments?"
(a) The top of the ridge.
(b) Hellman's cross.
(c) The crevice in the ridge.
(d) The location of Dodge's fire.

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

14. 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 skull and a womb.
(c) Both a womb and a mushroom.
(d) Both a mushroom and a skull.

15. What observation did Jansson and the doctor at the scene make about the final steps of the men who died on the hill?
(a) They fell and were instantly devoured by the fire.
(b) They fell and got up many times before dying.
(c) They were dead before they fell to the ground.
(d) They fell, then rose and took a few steps, then fell again.