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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the primary problem with New York City, in Smith's eyes?
(a) It is too poor.
(b) It is not integrated.
(c) It is simply too big.
(d) There are too many minorities.

2. Why did the plan not work out?
(a) Each company had a dramatic increase in calls.
(b) Engine Co. 82 had a dramatic increase in calls.
(c) There was confusion about which company should respond to which fires.
(d) Ladder Co. 31 had a dramatic increase in calls.

3. What did the firefighters find on Freeman Street during one of the calls in Chapter 3?
(a) A burning car.
(b) A car accident.
(c) A burning store.
(d) A man injured in a fight.

4. What happened to Dennis as a child involving cockroaches?
(a) He had accidentally eaten a cockroach hidden in food.
(b) He had discovered dozens of cockroaches in the refrigerator.
(c) He had drunk from a bottle and almost swallowed a cockroach.
(d) He had woken up at night to find himself covered with cockroaches.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Charlotte Street fire become easier to battle?

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

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

4. From which service area did Fireman Vinny Royce switch to join Engine Co. 82?

5. What happened to several firefighters (including Smith) fighting a blaze at a two-story factory building?

(see the answer key)

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