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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Smith remember details for the book while working full-time?
(a) By simply relying on his memory.
(b) Byinterviewing fellow firefighters,
(c) By dictating into a tape recorder.
(d) By writing daily.

2. Approximately what percentage of the fire department's calls were for actual fires?
(a) Three-quarters.
(b) One-third.
(c) One-quarter.
(d) One-half.

3. Who was responsible for the most malicious false alarms?
(a) Teenagers.
(b) Adults.
(c) Children.
(d) Criminals.

4. Why does Smith call firefighters the most "ubiquitous" civil servants?
(a) They respond to calls involving each and every natural and man-made disaster.
(b) They are the best funded of all civil service departments.
(c) They are the most numerous civil servants.
(d) They are the civil servants who most frequently interact with individuals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the "high incidence hours" that Tactical Control Unit 712 became responsible for?

2. How do firefighters get enough oxygen when a building is thick with smoke?

3. What is the name of the national magazine started by Smith after writing the memoir?

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

5. What do arsonists sometimes do when they leave the scene of a fire?

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