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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where on his body did Fireman Bill Kelsey get burned while battling the Charlotte Street blaze?
(a) On his left. arm.
(b) On his chest.
(c) On his thigh.
(d) On his back.

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

3. In which borough did Smith serve?
(a) South Bronx.
(b) Bedford-Stuyvesant.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Lower East Side.

4. Who was temporarily in charge while Captain Albergray was on vacation in Chapter 10?
(a) Lieutenant Stack.
(b) Artie Merritt.
(c) Bill Valenzio.
(d) Lieutenant Collins.

5. Why does Smith call firefighters the most "ubiquitous" civil servants?
(a) They are the best funded of all civil service departments.
(b) They are the most numerous civil servants.
(c) They are the civil servants who most frequently interact with individuals.
(d) They respond to calls involving each and every natural and man-made disaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before discovering the culprit, how did Smith describe the fatal fire on Kelly Street?

2. What did the naked man on Southern Boulevard wield as a weapon?

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

4. How did Smith view the Kelly Street fire after the culprit was found?

5. How did Smith believe the city was treated by the state?

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