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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the sound of four 5 bells announce at the fire station?
(a) Injuries to a firefighter.
(b) A car accident.
(c) The death of a firefighter in the line of duty.
(d) A multiple-alarm fire.

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

3. What did the firefighters discover when they arrived at the Kelly Street fire in Chapter 1?
(a) A young man calling from an open window.
(b) A young woman screaming that her child is in the building.
(c) A young man, on fire, running out of the building.
(d) A young man fleeing the scene.

4. How do firefighters get enough oxygen when a building is thick with smoke?
(a) By using oxygen tanks.
(b) By first clearing out some of the smoke.
(c) By breaking out windows to get oxygen in.
(d) By crawling on their stomachs to reach the oxygen at floor level.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Smith's description, how does the life of a firefighter differ from that of other city workers?

2. Which firefighter died shortly before the time Chapter 2 takes place?

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

4. What did Fireman Big Van of Ladder 42 drink once he quit drinking beer?

5. How did the firefighter die in the previous incident mentioned in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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