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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What caused the fire at Union Avenue, the first call Smith responded to after his return to work?
(a) Children playing with matches.
(b) Arson.
(c) Faulty wiring.
(d) Food burning on a stove.
2. Where was the last false alarm of the day called from, at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Boston Road.
(b) Manhattan Road.
(c) Long Island Road.
(d) Trenton Road.
3. What did the kids across the street from the Union Avenue fire do when the firefighters arrived?
(a) They asked the firefighters to give them a ride.
(b) They cheered.
(c) They sang.
(d) They chanted and yelled insults.
4. What did firefighters find at the scene of the fire at the Kelly Street apartments?
(a) Three gas cans, pointing to arson.
(b) Burned food on a stove.
(c) Molotov cocktails.
(d) Faulty wiring.
5. 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,
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was the second injured person found by firefighters at the Home and Simpson streets intersection, and how was he injured?
2. Why does Smith call firefighters the most "ubiquitous" civil servants?
3. How does Smith describe the racial characteristics of Washingtonville?
4. What did the newspaper article say a firefighter rescued following a rubbish fire?
5. From which service area did Fireman Vinny Royce switch to join Engine Co. 82?
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