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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 was Hal Samsel?
2. Of what material are the Mann Gulch crosses made?
3. What emotion did Maclean believe was the last one felt by those still living when young people have died?
4. How did Maclean explain the change in the world after compassionately studying the fire at Mann Gulch?
5. Who was Elmer Bloom?
Short Essay Questions
1. Maclean believed that the Smokejumpers did not see their lives in review as they died. What did he believe their final thoughts to be? How was he able to confirm his idea?
2. 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?
3. Who is the firsthand source of information Maclean and his investigative partner Laird Robinson set out to find before they did anything else? Why? Who were they looking for?
4. What object do Sallee and Rumsey discover at the site of a fallen comrade? Why was this discovery important?
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. How did Dr. Hawkins describe the death process the Smokejumpers underwent in the final moments of their lives? To what did Maclean compare their suffering?
8. What was the movie released in 1952 about the Mann Gulch fire? What does Maclean note about the film and its historic accuracy?
9. 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?
10. How did Maclean explain the picture of a big fire? What was it made up of in his opinion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who was Frank Derry? For what comic stunt is he known? What were some of his contributions to fire fighting?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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