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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Smith view the Kelly Street fire after the culprit was found?
(a) An example of ironic justice.
(b) An example of the real devil getting away and the children being victimized.
(c) An example of divine justice.
(d) A preventable crime.

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

3. Who was the second injured person found by firefighters at the Home and Simpson streets intersection, and how was he injured?
(a) The driver; he sustained the injuries in the accident.
(b) The boy's friend, who was also hit.
(c) A bystander mistaken for the driver and beaten.
(d) The driver; he had been beaten by the angry crowd.

4. Approximately how many calls did Engine Co. 82 respond to the year before the book was written?
(a) Over 10,000.
(b) Over 9,000.
(c) Over 10,500.
(d) Under 8,000.

5. What did the welfare inspector recommend to the welfare agency after the visit?
(a) He recommended a decrease in benefits when he saw the television.
(b) He recommended an increase in benefits so the family could have more to eat.
(c) He recommended no change in benefits.
(d) He recommended an increase in benefits so that the children could get winter coats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Smith's mother hide the television under a bedspread?

2. What kind of living quarters did Dennis Smith grow up in?

3. On what street did the firefighters respond to a large fire in Chapter 5?

4. Why was Smith sent to the hospital after the Prospect Avenue fire?

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

(see the answer key)

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