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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What options did the firefighters have when they were trapped between the two blazes at the factory building?
(a) They had no options.
(b) They could wait for another team to arrive or jump out the window.
(c) They could all focus on one fire or split up and tackle both.
(d) They could jump out the windows or climb to the roof.

3. Why did the firefighters think the car in the middle of Stebbins Avenue was stolen?
(a) The steering wheel was gone.
(b) The windows were broken.
(c) The radio was gone.
(d) The wheels and tires had been removed.

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

5. Why does Smith say there are fewer fires today compared to the period during which he served?
(a) The population has decreased and there are more empty buildings.
(b) Fire safety codes have made buildings less prone to fire.
(c) The wider use of fire extinguishers has led to small fires being put out before the fire trucks arrive.
(d) There is more intolerance for crime, and radicalism has decreased.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the plan not work out?

2. Which captain entered the Kelly Street apartment first?

3. Why were the teens carrying the items out of the Simpson Street apartment building?

4. What ethnic group was now predominate in the formerly Irish neighborhood in which Smith grew up?

5. What is the term Smith used to describe a challenging fire?

(see the answer key)

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