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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To which publication did Dennis Smith write a letter that caught the attention of editors?
(a) Washington Post.
(b) Time magazine.
(c) New York Times Book Review.
(d) New York Times.

3. Why did Smith's mother scold him before he left for work in Chapter 3?
(a) She believed the South Bronx was too dangerous to work in.
(b) She did not want him to be a firefighter.
(c) She argued with him about dinner.
(d) She wanted him to move closer to his job.

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

5. Why was Dennis upset about the visit from the welfare inspector?
(a) He was afraid the inspector would find the hidden television.
(b) He was afraid the family would be denied more benefits.
(c) He thought his friends would see the inspector and he was ashamed about being poor.
(d) The inspector spoke to his mother harshly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the landlord of the Kelly Street apartments do once the youths had spread the gasoline around?

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

3. Approximately how many calls did Engine Co. 82 respond to the year before the book was written?

4. Whose job is it to investigate suspicious fires?

5. Why did Smith say he disagreed with fellow firefighters' prejudices, but also understood them?

(see the answer key)

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