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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. Who did the author first think the voice he heard in the fire belonged to?
2. Who was the head of the Helena National Forest Canyon Ferry District?
3. What kind of boots was the author wearing while running in the Fish Creek fire?
4. Where was the author's cabin located?
5. How did the author describe the sound of the fire getting very close?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the author know about the Mann Gulch fire based on his experience with fires as a young man?
2. What did the ghost finally ask the author? What happened when the author answered the question? How did he react?
3. What important question did the author ask Mrs. Brown after his experience with the fire at Fish Creek? What was her answer?
4. Where was the author when the fire spread to the side hill trail, the firefighters' second line of defense? What important decision did he make right as he saw the fire jump from one side of the trail to the other?
5. What are the two causes of fires? What caused the Mann Gulch fire? Where did the fire start? How?
6. Where was the ranger station in which the author was stationed? What was the commonly held belief about the Fish Creek fire? Why was this theory reasonable?
7. When was the fire at Mann Gulch? Where was the author at the time of the fire? When the author arrived in the small town at Seely Lake, how did he learn of the fire at Mann Gulch? What did he learn about the death of the smokejumpers who were sent to fight the fire?
8. 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?
9. 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?
10. What is the Story of the Three Winds?
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
Maclean speaks throughout his book about the importance of studying and understanding the Mann Gulch fire of 1949. Discuss why Maclean believes it is important to understand this disaster completely.
Essay Topic 3
In the final chapter, Maclean used a series of metaphors to describe the Mann Gulch fire. What are those metaphors? Why are they successful or unsuccessful in the telling of the story?
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