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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 Jansson, Sallee, and Roos find alive on the other side of the ridge from the other survivors?
2. What important piece of equipment was broken in the parachute landing at Mann Gulch?
3. When did Dodge return to Missoula?
4. Who was the first man to begin tagging the bodies laying along the hill at Mann Gulch?
5. Who were the only permanent residents of the town near the author's cabin?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. What did the ghost finally ask the author? What happened when the author answered the question? How did he react?
5. How were the Smokejumpers delivered to the drop site? Who was on the plane with them? What did each man do in the mission?
6. What important question did the author ask Mrs. Brown after his experience with the fire at Fish Creek? What was her answer?
7. 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?
8. Why did Dodge, Sallee, and Rumsey escape death from the fire, and the other men, including Hellman and Diettert, did not?
9. Who was Robert Jansson? What was his part in the Mann Gulch fire?
10. What is a Pulanski? Where did it come from? What does it do? Who is it named after?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the escape fire set by Wag Dodge. Where was the fire located? Why did Dodge light his fire? Upon what information did he base his decision to light the fire? Why was it controversial? What has Dodge's fire contributed to modern firefighting? What are some of the theories concerning the escape fire causing the death of the Smokejumpers?
Essay Topic 2
Point of view is important in any storytelling. What is this story's point of view? Does the author display particular bias toward one theory or another? One group or another? Has Maclean been trustworthy as a storyteller? Discuss using examples.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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