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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. In the Fish Creek fire, where was the author standing when the fire jumped?
2. What did the author hear a voice say to him as he ran to avoid being killed in the Fish Creek fire?
3. What would have happened had the author stepped across the fire immediately when it jumped the trail?
4. When was the first parachute jump made on a forest fire?
5. Where did the fire starters assume the Fish Creek fire would travel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the Story of the Three Winds?
2. What is a crown fire? How does it become ignited? What does it sound like in the forest? What elements are necessary to create a crown fire?
3. What are the roles of the foreman and the second-in-command in a jump team of firefighters? What is each man responsible for during the approach to the fire?
4. Why did the author finally decide he needed to see the Mann Gulch fire the summer he was staying in his cabin at Seely Lake?
5. What are the two causes of fires? What caused the Mann Gulch fire? Where did the fire start? How?
6. How were the Smokejumpers delivered to the drop site? Who was on the plane with them? What did each man do in the mission?
7. What was the profile of a smokejumper in the 1940s?
8. What did the author know about hiking boots? Why were they important? What kind of boots was he wearing the day of the Fish Creek fire? Why?
9. To what did Maclean compare the smokejumper's jump from the plane? Why?
10. When the author returned to the spot in which he had stood when the fire jumped the trail, what did he realize about himself? What did he realize about the fire?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Maclean stated that one important part of his investigation was to learn if anything good had come from the Mann Gulch fire. What were some of the changes made by the foremen, spotters, pilots, and Smokejumpers to ensure their safety during a fire? What was the logic behind these changes?
Essay Topic 2
Maclean and Laird Richardson developed three main questions for which they would seek answers during their study of the Mann Gulch fire. What were those three questions, and did the two men find the answers? If so, what were the answers they found?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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