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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. How many Smokejumpers died fighting the Mann Gulch fire?
2. In the Fish Creek fire, where was the author standing when the fire jumped?
3. Where was the author's cabin located?
4. Who was the first man to begin tagging the bodies laying along the hill at Mann Gulch?
5. Where did the fire starters assume the Fish Creek fire would travel?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Who was Robert Jansson? What was his part in the Mann Gulch fire?
3. Why did the author finally decide he needed to see the Mann Gulch fire the summer he was staying in his cabin at Seely Lake?
4. What did the author do when he reached the top of the ridge? What did he decide to do next?
5. What did the author learn about the Mann Gulch fire smokejumpers? How did this affect him? Why was the author so interested in the news of the Mann Gulch fire?
6. What are the two causes of fires? What caused the Mann Gulch fire? Where did the fire start? How?
7. Why did Dodge, Sallee, and Rumsey escape death from the fire, and the other men, including Hellman and Diettert, did not?
8. What did the ghost finally ask the author? What happened when the author answered the question? How did he react?
9. What is a crown fire? How does it become ignited? What does it sound like in the forest? What elements are necessary to create a crown fire?
10. What is the Story of the Three Winds?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Maclean speaks throughout his book about the importance of studying and understanding the Mann Gulch fire of 1949. Discuss why Maclean believes it is important to understand this disaster completely.
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