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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the term Smith used to describe a challenging fire?
(a) A smoker.
(b) A three-bagger.
(c) A worker.
(d) A capital "F" fire.

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

3. Who was responsible for the fire at the Kelly Street apartments?
(a) Someone with a grudge against a resident.
(b) One of the renters.
(c) A disgruntled employee.
(d) The landlord.

4. In Smith's description, how does the life of a firefighter differ from that of other city workers?
(a) They are the brave ones.
(b) When he leaves in the morning, he may not come home alive.
(c) They are the least respected of all city workers.
(d) They are the most respected of all city workers.

5. To which kind of call was the firefighter responding when he was killed, prior to the events in Chapter 2?
(a) A burning apartment building.
(b) An auto accident.
(c) A malicious false alarm.
(d) A stabbing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the three young men doing in the empty Kelly Street apartment building?

2. Who was responsible for the most malicious false alarms?

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

4. Whose job is it to investigate suspicious fires?

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

(see the answer key)

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