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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 began to happen at Mann Gulch forty years later?
2. What did Maclean's wife die from?
3. When did Wag Dodge die?
4. How did Maclean explain the change in the world after compassionately studying the fire at Mann Gulch?
5. What date did Maclean, Robinson, Sallee, and Rumsey agree to meet and visit Mann Gulch?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the author describe the final moments of the men's lives before the fire overtook them? What elements of nature were prominent in their lives just before their deaths? How did they actually die?
2. 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?
3. As Maclean began his comparison of the Smokejumpers' run to the top of the ridge to a race run on a track, how did he compare the race run by the Smokejumpers and that of the athlete on a track?
4. 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?
5. To what did the author compare the cloud of smoke atop the Mann Gulch fire when the blowup rose out of the gulch?
6. What happened to the men when they left the foreman, Dodge, at the site of the escape fire? What name did the author give to the point at which the men left? From what perspective did the author tell the story of their assent?
7. Who was Henry Thol, Sr.? What was his role in the Mann Gulch fire?
8. What did Sallee and Rumsey explain to Maclean that answered one of his most important questions? What was the question? What was the answer?
9. What was the movie released in 1952 about the Mann Gulch fire? What does Maclean note about the film and its historic accuracy?
10. What did the author mean when he spoke of bi-visual and tri-visual?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Henry Thol, Sr. was the leader of the group of families suing the Forest Service for the wrongful death of their family members. Discuss Mr. Thol and the impact he had on the Mann Gulch fire. What was his opinion of how the young men died in the fire? Why was it important to Maclean's investigation?
Essay Topic 2
Who was Frank Derry? For what comic stunt is he known? What were some of his contributions to fire fighting?
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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