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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. Where did Maclean and his party land their boat to begin their trip to Mann Gulch?
2. Who did Maclean watch play billiards nearly every day when he was a young teacher?
3. What did Maclean believe the Smokejumpers had accomplished spiritually at the time of their deaths?
4. Who was the first man to crawl through the crevice at the reef during their escape from the fire?
5. Where did Maclean finally locate Walter Rumsey?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What did the author mean when he spoke of bi-visual and tri-visual?
3. What did the gulch look like forty years after the fire? Was there any living vegetation?
4. What did Sallee and Rumsey explain to Maclean that answered one of his most important questions? What was the question? What was the answer?
5. What did the land in Mann Gulch look like in the aftermath of the fire?
6. What two emotions governed the analysis of the tragedy at Mann Gulch? How did Maclean describe the first emotion among the men in Mann Gulch?
7. 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?
8. To what did the author compare the cloud of smoke atop the Mann Gulch fire when the blowup rose out of the gulch?
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. 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
Point of view is important in any storytelling. What is this story's point of view? Does the author display particular bias toward one theory or another? One group or another? Has Maclean been trustworthy as a storyteller? Discuss using examples.
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
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?
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