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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do arsonists sometimes do when they leave the scene of a fire?
(a) They call the fire department anonymously.
(b) They leave booby traps to hurt firefighters.
(c) They do not call the fire department to report the fire.
(d) They gather evidence of arson and take it away.

3. What was the first call the department took the day after the Saint Patrick's Day parade?
(a) A child locked inside a bathroom alone.
(b) An overflowing bathtub flooding an apartment beneath.
(c) A stove fire.
(d) A child locked inside an apartment alone.

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

5. Which captain entered the Kelly Street apartment first?
(a) Capt. Solwen.
(b) Capt. Smith.
(c) Capt. O'Brien.
(d) Capt. Frimes.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why did the firefighters have a difficult time getting into one of the Kelly Street apartments?

4. Why did the plan not work out?

5. What options did the firefighters have when they were trapped between the two blazes at the factory building?

(see the answer key)

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