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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the firefighters discover when they arrived at the Kelly Street fire in Chapter 1?
(a) A young man fleeing the scene.
(b) A young woman screaming that her child is in the building.
(c) A young man calling from an open window.
(d) A young man, on fire, running out of the building.

2. How do firefighters get enough oxygen when a building is thick with smoke?
(a) By crawling on their stomachs to reach the oxygen at floor level.
(b) By first clearing out some of the smoke.
(c) By breaking out windows to get oxygen in.
(d) By using oxygen tanks.

3. What did firefighters find at the scene of the fire at the Kelly Street apartments?
(a) Three gas cans, pointing to arson.
(b) Molotov cocktails.
(c) Burned food on a stove.
(d) Faulty wiring.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which borough did Smith serve?

2. Whose job is it to investigate suspicious fires?

3. For which time period did Smith work as a firefighter in the South Bronx?

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

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

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