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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What disease did one of the firefighters contract?
(a) Influenza.
(b) A bacterial infection.
(c) Hepatitis.
(d) Pneumonia.

3. What kind of tool did the firefighters use to break down the door during the Kelly Street fire?
(a) Sullivan tool.
(b) Halligan tool.
(c) Mulligan tool.
(d) Donegan tool.

4. Why was his wife upset the morning Smith went back to work?
(a) She had talked to his mother about the dangers of his job.
(b) She was worried about the kids.
(c) She wanted to move closer to the city.
(d) She had lost her job.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Smith envision false alarms occurring in richer neighborhoods?

2. Why does Smith call firefighters the most "ubiquitous" civil servants?

3. Why did Smith move outside the city after growing up there?

4. What did the cockroaches symbolize in Smith's view?

5. What actor was interviewed in the Playboy issue, read by Smith in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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