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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 is a crown fire?
2. Who did the author first think the voice he heard in the fire belonged to?
3. Where was the Fish Creek fire when the author finally stopped running?
4. What was Frank Derry wearing on one infamous jump?
5. Where did the fire starters assume the Fish Creek fire would travel?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. As the author was running up the hillside away from the creek, where was the fire? What choices did he have for escape? What happened when he was half way up the hillside?
3. What important question did the author ask Mrs. Brown after his experience with the fire at Fish Creek? What was her answer?
4. Who was Harry T. Gisborne? What was his contribution to the history of firefighting, and understanding the Mann Gulch fire in particular?
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. 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 do when he reached the top of the ridge? What did he decide to do next?
8. What was the profile of a smokejumper in the 1940s?
9. When was the fire at Mann Gulch? Where was the author at the time of the fire? When the author arrived in the small town at Seely Lake, how did he learn of the fire at Mann Gulch? What did he learn about the death of the smokejumpers who were sent to fight the fire?
10. Who was Robert Jansson? What was his part in the Mann Gulch fire?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When he was young, Maclean worked for the Forest Service. His experience fighting one particular fire greatly influenced his desire to study the Mann Gulch fire. What was that experience? Why was it important?
Essay Topic 2
Throughout his story, Maclean used religious symbolism, metaphors, and beliefs to write about the fire. Discuss the influence of religion in Maclean's telling of the Mann Gulch fire.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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