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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were most people escaping from the blaze on Intervale Avenue in Chapter 10?
(a) Through access doors to the roof.
(b) By fire escape.
(c) Down the stairs.
(d) Through the windows.

2. Why did the firefighters not enter the burning apartment building in Chapter 5?
(a) Therewere no unblocked entrances.
(b) They could attack the fire more effectively from outside.
(c) There was nobody in the building.
(d) The roof had collapsed and it was too dangerous to enter.

3. From which service area did Fireman Vinny Royce switch to join Engine Co. 82?
(a) East Harlem.
(b) Beford-Stuyvesant.
(c) Lower East Side.
(d) Harlem.

4. Approximately how many firefighters died each year in New York at the time the book was written?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Eight.

5. What were the "high incidence hours" that Tactical Control Unit 712 became responsible for?
(a) Noon and 10 p.m.
(b) 3 p.m. and 1 a.m.
(c) 6 a.m. and 4 p.m.
(d) 6 p.m. and 4 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Smith's mother hide the television under a bedspread?

2. How do firefighters get enough oxygen when a building is thick with smoke?

3. How did Smith's wife compare his job to that of a soldier's in Vietnam?

4. What do arsonists sometimes do when they leave the scene of a fire?

5. How was Fireman Nick Riso injured while responding to a call?

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