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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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.
(d) New York Times Book Review.

3. What is one example of a booby trap sometimes left by arsonists?
(a) Gasoline cans that will explode as the fire spreads.
(b) Broken glass left on the floors.
(c) A piece of linoleum covering a hole in an upper floor.
(d) Locked doors to trap firefighters.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city did Smith serve?

2. Why did the firefighters have a difficult time getting into one of the Kelly Street apartments?

3. What is the name of the institute started by Smith after publication of the book?

4. What did firefighters find at the scene of the fire at the Kelly Street apartments?

5. In which borough did Smith serve?

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