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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was one of the firefighters upset about the Vietnam War protesters?
(a) He was upset about the disruption to society.
(b) He supported the war effort.
(c) He felt the protesters did not understand the war.
(d) He felt they were in college simply because it helped them avoid the draft.

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

3. What kind of living quarters did Dennis Smith grow up in?
(a) A single-family house in Flushing.
(b) A New York City tenement.
(c) A townhouse in the Bronx.
(d) A New York City high-rise studio apartment.

4. What did Smith keep in his locker at the fire station?
(a) A battered book of Irish prose.
(b) The collected works of James Joyce.
(c) A battered book of Yeats' poems.
(d) A battered book of Irish poetry.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Smith find buried under the rubble at the Charlotte Street apartment in Chapter 5?

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

5. Whose job is it to investigate suspicious fires?

(see the answer key)

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