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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 did the author say he saw while fighting the Fish Creek fire?
2. What did the ghost do to the author while the two were on the mountainside?
3. How did Dodge survive the fire?
4. How many men fought the Mann Gulch fire?
5. For what did the fire fighters hope to use Fish Creek?
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 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. 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?
4. 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?
5. 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?
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 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?
8. Who was Harry T. Gisborne? What was his contribution to the history of firefighting, and understanding the Mann Gulch fire in particular?
9. What did the ghost finally ask the author? What happened when the author answered the question? How did he react?
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
Richard Rothermel constructed a graph to elucidate the tragedy of the fire at Mann Gulch. What did this graph show Maclean and Laird about the fire and the escape route the Smokejumpers had taken? According to Rothermel, what specific influences were in play the day of the fire? What specific gap in Smokejumper training did Maclean note due to Rothermel's graph?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Maclean discussed different types of fires in his story and explains that these different fires converged at Mann Gulch. How did Maclean explain the Mann Gulch fire in terms of types of fires? Why is it important to the credibility of the story to understand different types of fires?
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