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

2. After Smokejumpers are dropped on a fire, what time do they say the fire will be put out?
(a) Ten hours after they land.
(b) By ten o'clock the next morning.
(c) Twenty four hours after they reach the fire.
(d) By noon the next day.

3. What did Maclean's wife die from?
(a) Lung cancer.
(b) Stomach cancer.
(c) Esophagal cancer.
(d) Brain cancer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Maclean and his party land their boat to begin their trip to Mann Gulch?

2. How did Maclean see the change in our point of view when studying the Mann Gulch fires, now that we know more about the fire?

3. What were the emotions governing the Mann Gulch tragedy since it was first analyzed?

4. What did Maclean and the others agree was the second key point on the hillside they needed to locate?

5. What sculptor's piece stands at the University of Chicago commemorating the Atomic Age?

Short Essay Questions

1. What object do Sallee and Rumsey discover at the site of a fallen comrade? Why was this discovery important?

2. Who was Henry Thol, Sr.? What was his role in the Mann Gulch fire?

3. What was the movie released in 1952 about the Mann Gulch fire? What does Maclean note about the film and its historic accuracy?

4. Why did both parents and the Forest Service hope for silence after the court judgments concerning suits filed against the Forest Service?

5. What was it like when the fire reached its height and totally covered the landscape? To what did Maclean compare the fire at this point?

6. When Maclean and his group began their trek to Mann Gulch, how did Maclean respond to those who were concerned about his heart being strong enough to make it to the site of the fire?

7. What did the author mean when he spoke of bi-visual and tri-visual?

8. To what did the author compare the cloud of smoke atop the Mann Gulch fire when the blowup rose out of the gulch?

9. What were Sallee and Rumsey arguing about as Maclean approached them on the ridge? What did they agree on?

10. How did Jansson's explanation of why the non-flammable objects such as wallets and watches were found uphill from the men's bodies? How did his explanation differ from that of the Forest Service?

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