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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of tool did the firefighters use to break down the door during the Kelly Street fire?
(a) Halligan tool.
(b) Donegan tool.
(c) Mulligan tool.
(d) Sullivan tool.

2. Why was Smith sent to the hospital after the Prospect Avenue fire?
(a) He suffered slight burns.
(b) He sustained smoke damage to his throat.
(c) He broke his ankle leaving the building.
(d) He suffered injuries from falling debris.

3. Approximately how many firefighters died each year in New York at the time the book was written?
(a) Three.
(b) Eight.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Five.

4. In Smith's view, what needed to happen before people stopped assaulting firefighters?
(a) They need to be arrested and jailed.
(b) They need to lose custody of their children.
(c) They need to do community service projects.
(d) They need to become educated and rise out of poverty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was a firefighter injured while rescuing a child from a fire on Prospect Avenue?

2. What is the name of the national magazine started by Smith after writing the memoir?

3. Before discovering the culprit, how did Smith describe the fatal fire on Kelly Street?

4. Approximately what percentage of the fire department's calls were for actual fires?

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

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