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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. Where was the Fish Creek fire when the author finally stopped running?
2. How many men fought the Mann Gulch fire?
3. What did the ghost do to the author while the two were on the mountainside?
4. What important piece of equipment was broken in the parachute landing at Mann Gulch?
5. What kind of boots was the author wearing while running in the Fish Creek fire?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the firefighters at the Forest Service think the fire would spread? Why did they think the fire starters had the same idea?
2. How do firefighters routinely contain small forest fires?
3. What did the author know about the Mann Gulch fire based on his experience with fires as a young man?
4. Why did Dodge set a fire in front of the fire raging toward himself and his men on Mann Gulch? What was he trying to accomplish? Why did his men not follow his orders?
5. Where was the big fire the author had fought when he was in the Forest Service? How did the people living in the area support themselves and their families?
6. 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?
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. To what did Maclean compare the smokejumper's jump from the plane? Why?
9. What important question did the author ask Mrs. Brown after his experience with the fire at Fish Creek? What was her answer?
10. Why were the grasses so high on the north side at the time of the fire? What implications did this have for the Mann Gulch 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
When speaking about the young men who were Smokejumpers in the 1940s, Maclean explains that these men wanted to make it clear "to themselves and to the universe that they love the universe but are not intimidated by it and will not be shaken by it, no matter what it has in store." Discuss this quote in light of the profile of a typical smokejumper, and the specific Smokejumpers who landed in Mann Gulch into the fire.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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