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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 is a crown fire?
2. Where was the author when he saw smoke coming out of black holes in the snow?
3. What did the author do during the Mann Gulch fire when he remembered his experience at the Fish Creek fire?
4. What question does a Smokejumper foreman ask while fighting a fire?
5. What quality of Dodge's led to his escape from death by the fire?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. Why did Dodge, Sallee, and Rumsey escape death from the fire, and the other men, including Hellman and Diettert, did not?
4. 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?
5. What are the two causes of fires? What caused the Mann Gulch fire? Where did the fire start? How?
6. What is a Pulanski? Where did it come from? What does it do? Who is it named after?
7. To what did Maclean compare the smokejumper's jump from the plane? Why?
8. Who was Harry T. Gisborne? What was his contribution to the history of firefighting, and understanding the Mann Gulch fire in particular?
9. How were the Smokejumpers delivered to the drop site? Who was on the plane with them? What did each man do in the mission?
10. How do firefighters routinely contain small forest fires?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is The Story of the Three Winds? Whose theory is this? What does it contribute to the understanding of the Mann Gulch fire?
Essay Topic 2
When he was young, Maclean worked for the Forest Service. His experience fighting one particular fire greatly influenced his desire to study the Mann Gulch fire. What was that experience? Why was it important?
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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