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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the cockroaches symbolize in Smith's view?
(a) Uncleanliness.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Fear.
(d) Disease.

2. What were the "high incidence hours" that Tactical Control Unit 712 became responsible for?
(a) 6 p.m. and 4 a.m.
(b) 6 a.m. and 4 p.m.
(c) 3 p.m. and 1 a.m.
(d) Noon and 10 p.m.

3. Approximately how many calls did Engine Co. 82 respond to the year before the book was written?
(a) Over 9,000.
(b) Under 8,000.
(c) Over 10,500.
(d) Over 10,000.

4. How did Smith try to impress people after dropping out of school?
(a) By claiming he was studying to be a botanist.
(b) By claiming he was studying business.
(c) By claiming he planned to become manager of the store one day.
(d) By claiming he was saving money to tour Europe.

5. Why did Smith think his school principal and mother were wrong to lament his dropping out?
(a) He did not think he was good enough at academics.
(b) He believed school was a waste of time.
(c) He wanted to get out of New York.
(d) He believed he'd make a lot of money working instead.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Charlotte Street fire become easier to battle?

2. Where on his body did Fireman Bill Kelsey get burned while battling the Charlotte Street blaze?

3. What did the sound of four 5 bells announce at the fire station?

4. Why did the firefighters not enter the burning apartment building in Chapter 5?

5. Who was responsible for the most malicious false alarms?

(see the answer key)

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