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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was responsible for the most malicious false alarms?
(a) Teenagers.
(b) Children.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Adults.

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

3. Which magazine asked Smith to write about firefighters?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) Life.
(c) True.
(d) Time.

4. What did the sound of four 5 bells announce at the fire station?
(a) A multiple-alarm fire.
(b) Injuries to a firefighter.
(c) The death of a firefighter in the line of duty.
(d) A car accident.

5. How did the firefighter die in the previous incident mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) He fell off the fire truck as it rounded a corner and died from his injuries.
(b) He died of smoke inhalation while battling a fire.
(c) He was badly burned in a fire.
(d) He suffered a heart attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Capt. Frimes at the Kelly Street fire?

2. What did firefighters find at the scene of the fire at the Kelly Street apartments?

3. What does Smith say computers can be used for in the firefighting field?

4. Approximately how many firefighters died each year in New York at the time the book was written?

5. What was the average daily number of false alarms in New York City during the time period covered by the book?

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