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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately what percentage of the fire department's calls were for actual fires?
(a) One-quarter.
(b) Three-quarters.
(c) One-half.
(d) One-third.

2. What happened to Capt. Frimes at the Kelly Street fire?
(a) He was overcome with smoke and had to be pulled out.
(b) He was trapped by debris in the apartment.
(c) Nothing happened to him.
(d) He was burned by the fire.

3. What injury did the young Hispanic boy suffer during the dinner time call to Home and Simpson streets?
(a) A broken leg.
(b) Abrasions and bruises.
(c) A broken arm.
(d) A broken neck.

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

5. How do firefighters get enough oxygen when a building is thick with smoke?
(a) By breaking out windows to get oxygen in.
(b) By first clearing out some of the smoke.
(c) By crawling on their stomachs to reach the oxygen at floor level.
(d) By using oxygen tanks.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which kind of call was the firefighter responding when he was killed, prior to the events in Chapter 2?

2. What kind of tool did the firefighters use to break down the door during the Kelly Street fire?

3. What does Smith say computers can be used for in the firefighting field?

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

5. Why did the plan not work out?

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