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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Smith remember details for the book while working full-time?
(a) Byinterviewing fellow firefighters,
(b) By simply relying on his memory.
(c) By dictating into a tape recorder.
(d) By writing daily.

2. What does Smith say computers can be used for in the firefighting field?
(a) Computers can be used to reduce response times.
(b) Computers can help firefighters determine the best way to fight a fire.
(c) Computers can project how many fires will occur in a given day.
(d) Computers can help fire trucks find fires faster.

3. Who was responsible for the fire at the Kelly Street apartments?
(a) A disgruntled employee.
(b) Someone with a grudge against a resident.
(c) The landlord.
(d) One of the renters.

4. How many injured people were found in the Kelly Street apartment?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

5. Which Irish writer did Smith discuss in his letter to the editor?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) William Butler Yeats.
(d) Samuel Beckett.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city did Smith serve?

2. What is the name of the institute started by Smith after publication of the book?

3. What did the landlord of the Kelly Street apartments do once the youths had spread the gasoline around?

4. What did firefighters find at the scene of the fire at the Kelly Street apartments?

5. How did Smith feel when first approached about writing a memoir of firefighting?

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