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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 the Charlotte Street fire become easier to battle?
(a) More firefighters arrived on the scene.
(b) Rain began falling.
(c) The winds shifted.
(d) The rest of the roof caved in.

2. Why did the firefighters not enter the burning apartment building in Chapter 5?
(a) Therewere no unblocked entrances.
(b) The roof had collapsed and it was too dangerous to enter.
(c) They could attack the fire more effectively from outside.
(d) There was nobody in the building.

3. What happened to Capt. Frimes at the Kelly Street fire?
(a) He was overcome with smoke and had to be pulled out.
(b) He was burned by the fire.
(c) Nothing happened to him.
(d) He was trapped by debris in the apartment.

4. What happened to the young man seen running from the Kelly Street apartment?
(a) He made a full recovery.
(b) He fled and never went to the hospital.
(c) He was burned over 70 percent of his body.
(d) He was pronouced DOA at the hospital.

5. What did the firefighters discover after the police had left the station in Chapter 6?
(a) A bullet lodged in a fire truck.
(b) A bullet that hit the alarm system.
(c) A bullet that had ricocheted and landed on the floor of the fire station.
(d) A bullet lodged in a bulletin board near Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the firefighters think the car in the middle of Stebbins Avenue was stolen?

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

3. Where on his body did Fireman Bill Kelsey get burned while battling the Charlotte Street blaze?

4. What were the three young men doing in the empty Kelly Street apartment building?

5. What did the firefighters discover when they arrived at the Kelly Street fire in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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