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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Smith feel when first approached about writing a memoir of firefighting?
(a) Convinced that people would never understand firefighters.
(b) Concerned that he would be incapable of writing.
(c) Concerned that he did not know enough about firefighting.
(d) Challenged by the act of writing the way climbers are challenged by mountains.

2. What injury did the young Hispanic boy suffer during the dinner time call to Home and Simpson streets?
(a) A broken leg.
(b) A broken arm.
(c) Abrasions and bruises.
(d) A broken neck.

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

4. Who did the firefighters encounter while bringing the hose up the stairs of the burning apartment building on Fox Street?
(a) The woman and two children who lived in the burning apartment.
(b) An elderly man fleeing the building.
(c) A young child.
(d) Two young arsonists.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many injured people were found in the Kelly Street apartment?

2. What does Smith say computers can be used for in the firefighting field?

3. To which kind of call was the firefighter responding when he was killed, prior to the events in Chapter 2?

4. What orders did the doctors give Smith after his injury from the Prospect Avenue fire?

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

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