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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened to several firefighters (including Smith) fighting a blaze at a two-story factory building?
(a) The windows began breaking.
(b) A fire broke out behind them.
(c) The roof caved in.
(d) The floor gave away.

3. What was the name of the strong fireman who single-handedly replaced the hose at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Royce.
(b) Benny Carroll.
(c) Billy Valenzia.
(d) Knipps.

4. What is one example of a booby trap sometimes left by arsonists?
(a) A piece of linoleum covering a hole in an upper floor.
(b) Gasoline cans that will explode as the fire spreads.
(c) Locked doors to trap firefighters.
(d) Broken glass left on the floors.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the firefighters discover after the police had left the station in Chapter 6?

3. What did Smith keep in his locker at the fire station?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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