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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which captain entered the Kelly Street apartment first?
(a) Capt. Frimes.
(b) Capt. O'Brien.
(c) Capt. Solwen.
(d) Capt. Smith.

2. What injury did the young Hispanic boy suffer during the dinner time call to Home and Simpson streets?
(a) A broken neck.
(b) Abrasions and bruises.
(c) A broken leg.
(d) A broken arm.

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

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

5. What did the sound of four 5 bells announce at the fire station?
(a) A multiple-alarm fire.
(b) The death of a firefighter in the line of duty.
(c) A car accident.
(d) Injuries to a firefighter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tool did the firefighters use to break down the door during the Kelly Street fire?

2. What is one example of a booby trap sometimes left by arsonists?

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

4. How did Smith view the firefighters he wrote about in the book compared to firefighters across the country?

5. Why does Smith call firefighters the most "ubiquitous" civil servants?

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