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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What would have happened had the author stepped across the fire immediately when it jumped the trail?
2. Where did both Sylvia and Hellman die?
3. Who was the head of the Helena National Forest Canyon Ferry District?
4. Where did the fire starters assume the Fish Creek fire would travel?
5. What was one reasonable cause of the Mann Gulch fire advanced by scientists?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Robert Jansson? What was his part in the Mann Gulch fire?
2. What did the author do when he reached the top of the ridge? What did he decide to do next?
3. What actually happened at the Fish Creek fire that was not part of the plan? How did the fire spread? What surprises of nature awaited the Forest Service firefighters?
4. 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?
5. What was the profile of a smokejumper in the 1940s?
6. As the author was running up the hillside away from the creek, where was the fire? What choices did he have for escape? What happened when he was half way up the hillside?
7. What did the author know about the Mann Gulch fire based on his experience with fires as a young man?
8. What did the author learn about the Mann Gulch fire smokejumpers? How did this affect him? Why was the author so interested in the news of the Mann Gulch fire?
9. What were the topographical differences in the north and the south sides of the mountains separated by Mann Gulch? What did these conditions have to do with the fire?
10. What important question did the author ask Mrs. Brown after his experience with the fire at Fish Creek? What was her answer?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout his story, Maclean used religious symbolism, metaphors, and beliefs to write about the fire. Discuss the influence of religion in Maclean's telling of the Mann Gulch fire.
Essay Topic 2
Dodge, Sallee, and Rumsey survived the Mann Gulch fire in different ways. Discuss each man's survival method. How did each of them make it out of the fire?
Essay Topic 3
Henry Thol, Sr. was the leader of the group of families suing the Forest Service for the wrongful death of their family members. Discuss Mr. Thol and the impact he had on the Mann Gulch fire. What was his opinion of how the young men died in the fire? Why was it important to Maclean's investigation?
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