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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the men rescued during the factory fire?
(a) One of the fires was put out and they retreated in that direction.
(b) Another team arrived and put out the fires.
(c) They were able to jump out the windows.
(d) The fire chief sent a ladder up.

2. What happened to the young man seen running from the Kelly Street apartment?
(a) He made a full recovery.
(b) He fled and never went to the hospital.
(c) He was pronouced DOA at the hospital.
(d) He was burned over 70 percent of his body.

3. Whose job is it to investigate suspicious fires?
(a) The fire chief.
(b) Arson specialists.
(c) Fire investigators.
(d) Fire marshals.

4. Approximately how many firefighters died each year in New York at the time the book was written?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Three.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

5. Who was responsible for the most malicious false alarms?
(a) Criminals.
(b) Teenagers.
(c) Children.
(d) Adults.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Fireman Big Van of Ladder 42 drink once he quit drinking beer?

2. What kind of living quarters did Dennis Smith grow up in?

3. What did the firefighters find on Freeman Street during one of the calls in Chapter 3?

4. Why did Smith's mother scold him before he left for work in Chapter 3?

5. Before discovering the culprit, how did Smith describe the fatal fire on Kelly Street?

(see the answer key)

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