View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the landlord of the Kelly Street apartments do once the youths had spread the gasoline around?
(a) He was not at the scene.
(b) He tried to get the young men out.
(c) He threw a match and locked the men in.
(d) He had the young men light the gasoline.

2. Why did Smith think his school principal and mother were wrong to lament his dropping out?
(a) He believed he'd make a lot of money working instead.
(b) He did not think he was good enough at academics.
(c) He wanted to get out of New York.
(d) He believed school was a waste of time.

3. Which two companies were prohibited from responding to the same fire under the new plan?
(a) 82 and 90.
(b) 82 and 92.
(c) 82 and 85.
(d) 85 and 87.

4. How did Smith's attitude toward cockroaches change as an adult?
(a) His attitude does not change and he continues to fear them.
(b) He used to fear them; now he simply hates them.
(c) He used to fear them; now he resents them.
(d) He used to fear them; now he sees that they are part of the lancscape.

5. Whose job is it to investigate suspicious fires?
(a) Fire marshals.
(b) Fire investigators.
(c) Arson specialists.
(d) The fire chief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the cause of the fire the men responded to at Union and 166th Street in Chapter 10?

2. Why did the firefighters not enter the burning apartment building in Chapter 5?

3. What is the primary problem with New York City, in Smith's eyes?

4. How was the bleeding woman who ran into the station for help injured in Chapter 9?

5. What was wrong with the furnace room where the firefighters retreated for warmth during the Charlotte Street fire?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 374 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample