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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Smith find buried under the rubble at the Charlotte Street apartment in Chapter 5?
(a) A race car set.
(b) A child's bike.
(c) A doll.
(d) A Big Wheel.

2. Why did Smith's mother hide the television under a bedspread?
(a) She did not want her children watching TV.
(b) The TV was broken.
(c) She was afraid the TV would be stolen.
(d) Welfare recipients were not allowed to have TVs or phones.

3. How did the firefighters eventually subdue the naked man on Southern Boulevard?
(a) By tackling him.
(b) By talking him into dropping the weapon.
(c) By wrapping him in a blanket.
(d) By using a stun gun.

4. How did Smith view the Kelly Street fire after the culprit was found?
(a) A preventable crime.
(b) An example of divine justice.
(c) An example of the real devil getting away and the children being victimized.
(d) An example of ironic justice.

5. Who did the firefighters encounter while bringing the hose up the stairs of the burning apartment building on Fox Street?
(a) A young child.
(b) The woman and two children who lived in the burning apartment.
(c) An elderly man fleeing the building.
(d) Two young arsonists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the ladder company do to get to the source of the smoke at the Charlotte Street fire?

2. What injury did the young Hispanic boy suffer during the dinner time call to Home and Simpson streets?

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

4. Where was the last false alarm of the day called from, at the end of Chapter 5?

5. What did the newspaper article say a firefighter rescued following a rubbish fire?

(see the answer key)

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