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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the three young men doing in the empty Kelly Street apartment building?
(a) They were selling drugs in the empty apartments.
(b) They were hired by the landlord to torch it.
(c) They were fixing the apartments up for future rental.
(d) They were homeless and were squatting there.

2. How did Smith view the firefighters he wrote about in the book compared to firefighters across the country?
(a) They are unique in their experiences.
(b) They are the most skilled.
(c) They are unique in their level of bravery.
(d) They are representative of all firefighters.

3. What did the landlord of the Kelly Street apartments do once the youths had spread the gasoline around?
(a) He was not at the scene.
(b) He threw a match and locked the men in.
(c) He tried to get the young men out.
(d) He had the young men light the gasoline.

4. Which Irish writer did Smith discuss in his letter to the editor?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Samuel Beckett.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) William Butler Yeats.

5. In which borough did Smith serve?
(a) Bedford-Stuyvesant.
(b) Lower East Side.
(c) South Bronx.
(d) Harlem.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In which city did Smith serve?

3. To what experience does Smith compare his work for the fire department in the Introduction?

4. To which publication did Dennis Smith write a letter that caught the attention of editors?

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

(see the answer key)

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