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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the national magazine started by Smith after writing the memoir?
(a) The Station.
(b) Firehouse.
(c) Firefighting Today.
(d) American Firefighter.

2. What was the Kelly Street apartment landlord charged with after the fire?
(a) One count of murder.
(b) He was not charged.
(c) One count of arson.
(d) Two counts of murder.

3. How did Smith feel when first approached about writing a memoir of firefighting?
(a) Convinced that people would never understand firefighters.
(b) Concerned that he did not know enough about firefighting.
(c) Concerned that he would be incapable of writing.
(d) Challenged by the act of writing the way climbers are challenged by mountains.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the boy sustain the injuries suffered in the incident at Home and Simpson streets in Chapter 2?

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

4. Why does Smith say there are fewer fires today compared to the period during which he served?

5. Which firefighter died shortly before the time Chapter 2 takes place?

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