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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What orders did the doctors give Smith after his injury from the Prospect Avenue fire?
(a) Do not talk at all.
(b) Do not talk much or smoke for a few weeks.
(c) Do not work for a few weeks.
(d) Get extra sleep.

3. What do the firemen call the "game" they play when they ask one another if they may relieve another fireman during a fire?
(a) "Steal the nob."
(b) "Steal the nozzle."
(c) "Steal the hose."
(d) "Grab the nob."

4. Which firefighter died shortly before the time Chapter 2 takes place?
(a) Bob Starr.
(b) Mike Sullivan.
(c) Mike O'Brien.
(d) Mike Carr.

5. What was the first call the department took the day after the Saint Patrick's Day parade?
(a) A stove fire.
(b) A child locked inside a bathroom alone.
(c) A child locked inside an apartment alone.
(d) An overflowing bathtub flooding an apartment beneath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Dennis as a child involving cockroaches?

2. Why did Smith's mother scold him before he left for work in Chapter 3?

3. From which service area did Fireman Vinny Royce switch to join Engine Co. 82?

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

5. What do arsonists sometimes do when they leave the scene of a fire?

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