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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 reference when he compared ghosts and tragic heroes?
2. Who made the crosses that mark the spots the Smokejumpers fell, defeated by the fire?
3. What feeling did the Smokejumpers share with all other youth their age?
4. How did Maclean compare the death of his wife and the death of the Smokejumpers?
5. What promise did the Forest Service make to Maclean?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the Forest Service receive Maclean when he began searching for the documentation on the Mann Gulch fire? Why?
2. What object do Sallee and Rumsey discover at the site of a fallen comrade? Why was this discovery important?
3. How did Jansson's explanation of why the non-flammable objects such as wallets and watches were found uphill from the men's bodies? How did his explanation differ from that of the Forest Service?
4. How did the perspective shift as the author continued his discussion of the fire from looking at the mushroom cloud in the sky? What did he hope to learn by changing perspective?
5. When Maclean and his group began their trek to Mann Gulch, how did Maclean respond to those who were concerned about his heart being strong enough to make it to the site of the fire?
6. What does Maclean believe has become the symbol of fear in the late twentieth century? What artist does he site as support for this claim?
7. What different theories did Henry Thol on one side and Carl Gustafson present as to the escape fire set by Dodge? How did Maclean suggest the Review Board of the Mann Gulch fire might have immediately answered the question of the escape fire set by Dodge?
8. What did the land in Mann Gulch look like in the aftermath of the fire?
9. To what did the author compare the cloud of smoke atop the Mann Gulch fire when the blowup rose out of the gulch?
10. What did Maclean mean when he said, "viewing total conflagration is literally blinding, as sight becomes sound."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Maclean says at the end of his story he wrote his fire report "so I could accompany young men whose lives I might have lived on their way to death. I have climbed where they climbed, and in my time I have fought fire and inquired into its nature." Discuss this quote.
Essay Topic 2
There are certain attributes and personalities that are typical of a Forest Service Smokejumper. Who is the typical Smokejumper? Write a detailed profile of a Smokejumper and include as much information as possible.
Essay Topic 3
Dodge, Sallee, and Rumsey survived the Mann Gulch fire in different ways. Discuss each man's survival method. How did each of them make it out of the fire?
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